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Carrie Muehling

    • Farm Journal has announced that ‘AgriTalk’ has expanded to a new two-hour format. The company’s afternoon radio program, ‘Market Rally,’ is now ‘AgriTalk After the Bell.’ ‘AgriTalk’ will continue to air each weekday morning, with Chip Flory hosting both hours of the nationally syndicated talk show.
    • Beck Ag, Inc. is expanding its new business acquisition efforts and its market intelligence competency through the promotion of Kari Spaan to vice president of business development, and Monica Phillips to vice president of strategic intelligence.
    • The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has announced its purchase of Minneapolis-based data processing and business analytics company Hargrove & Associates, Inc.
    • Farmers are feeling better about their current situations despite flat grain prices and the signs of lower livestock prices, according to the most recent DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agricultural Confidence Index. The November 2017 survey posted an overall score of 113, up nine points from August and 15 points higher than the “Trump Bump” survey of a year ago.
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