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Information Farm & Ranch answers a farmer's own question with their local forecast, today's USDA prices, nearby ag business hours, and cited extension research — all at once, in plain words. Built for row-crop, ranch, hay, and small-acreage operations across the US.
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No dashboard to read, no app to learn. Type what you want to know about your fields or your herd, and get back one answer that pulls from the weather over your land, today's USDA prices, the ag businesses near you, and the research that backs it up.
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Here's a sample of what a row-crop farmer in central Illinois might ask before a spray window — and everything that comes back in one answer.
Question
Is it dry enough to spray my wheat before Thursday?
Local forecastCamden County, IL — rain clears by Wednesday, under 10% chance Thursday, winds 8 mph.
What it will doWhen you ask, we read the National Weather Service forecast for your saved place and pull out what your question needs — rain chances by day, wind, the spray window — so you don’t dig through maps.Today's USDA priceWinter wheat, Chicago SRW — $5.82/bu (USDA report, Oct 1).
What it will doWe read USDA Market News reports for what you raise and put the price in the answer with its report date — labeled, never a stale guess.Nearby ag businessCamden Co-op Agronomy — open until 5:00 pm today, 12 minutes from your field.
What it will doWhen businesses matter to your question, we find ag businesses near your place — co-ops, feed stores, sale barns — and return names with today’s hours and distance.Cited extension researchUniversity of Illinois Extension, "Fungicide Timing for Wheat," 2023.
What it will doWe search university extension research and cite the exact title, year and a link, so you can read the source yourself.
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Row-crop farmers — what an answer covers
Ask about a spray window or a planting date and the answer reads your National Weather Service forecast day by day, with the rain chance and wind for each. Grain prices come from USDA Market News with the report date, and the nearest elevator or co-op comes back with listed hours when the question needs them.
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