{"id":20500,"date":"2025-10-31T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/?page_id=20500"},"modified":"2025-11-18T07:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:10:03","slug":"production-and-marketing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/production-and-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Production &amp; Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-link-hero \">\n    <div class=\"image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Corn field with cover crop terminated underneath.\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/R21.jpg\"\/>\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"section has-padding-exlarge\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <p class=\"purdue-home-hero__subheader purdue-home-link-hero__subheader tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">\n                    Production &amp; Marketing                <\/p>\n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-link-hero__header\">\n                    Stay Ahead Commodity Trends &amp; Shifts                <\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__subtext\">\n                    Understand what drives corn, soybean, cattle, hog, and poultry markets\u2014at home and abroad.                <\/p>\n                                                    <div class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__list-container\">\n                    <span class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__list-desc tablet-hidden\">\n                        Shortcuts:\n                    <\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__list--desktop\">\n                                                                                <li>\n                                <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--white \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/keyword\/crops\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Crops                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                                                <li>\n                                <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--white \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/keyword\/livestock\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Livestock                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                    <form class=\"purdue-home-select purdue-home-link-hero__list--mobile\">\n                        <label for=\"172d073e-dd6a-459c-a1bf-30a2b202d13f\" class=\"is-sr-only\">Choose a link:<\/label>\n                        <select id=\"172d073e-dd6a-459c-a1bf-30a2b202d13f\" name=\"links\">\n                             <option value=\"\" data-external=\"\">Shortcuts<\/option>\n                                                            <option value=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/keyword\/crops\/\" data-external=\"1\">\n                                    Crops                                <\/option>\n                                                            <option value=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/keyword\/livestock\/\" data-external=\"1\">\n                                    Livestock                                <\/option>\n                                                    <\/select>\n                    <\/form>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__arrow hero-down-arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                <i class=\"fa-solid fa-chevron-down icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid has-none-background \">\n        <div class=\"section has-padding-top-none\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__intro\">\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__content\">\n                            \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__cards align-center\">\n                    <div class=\"columns is-multiline\">\n                                                    <div class=\"column is-half-tablet is-4-desktop\">\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\">\n                                                                    <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"Strategic Crop Marketing Series\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/09\/StrategicCropMarketing_Feature.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtitle\">Getting Started<\/p>\n                                                                                <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-title\">Strategic Crop Marketing<\/p>\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtext\">Improve your crop marketing skills &#8211; understand basis, use historical data to forecast, take advantage of storage hedging, and learn seasonal patterns to improve returns.<\/p>\n                                        <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">                                            <li><a class=\"purdue-home-button \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLlKk9K1KlxgZu510Hp07vL5KBA6CNpJZy\" target=\"_blank\">Explore the series<\/a><\/li>\n                                        <\/ul>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column is-half-tablet is-4-desktop\">\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\">\n                                                                    <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Artboard-2.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtitle\">Signature Publication<\/p>\n                                                                                <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-title\">Crop Budgeting<\/p>\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtext\">The Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide offers farmers a trusted resource to project financials, plan budgets, and evaluate crop decisions for the upcoming year. Examine gross revenue, costs, and earnings for crop enterprises using our spreadsheet tool.\n<\/p>\n                                        <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">                                            <li><a class=\"purdue-home-button \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/id166_2026-september-2025.pdf\" target=\"_self\">Download Guide<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                                    <li><a class=\"purdue-home-button \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2024\/11\/crop-budget-spreadsheet\/\" target=\"_self\">Use Tool<\/a><\/li>\n                                        <\/ul>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column is-half-tablet is-4-desktop\">\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\">\n                                                                    <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"livestock, hog buildings\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-24740509-scaled.jpg\"\/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtitle\">When Renting<\/p>\n                                                                                <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-title\">Rental Agreements for Facilities<\/p>\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtext\">Examines the major considerations in developing rental agreements for crop and livestock buildings and facilities from both the owner\u2019s and operator\u2019s points of view. <\/p>\n                                        <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">                                            <li><a class=\"purdue-home-button \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2013\/02\/rental-agreements-for-farm-buildings-and-livestock-facilities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Explore More<\/a><\/li>\n                                        <\/ul>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-gray-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n                    <h2 class=\"tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">Crop Basis Tool<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container purdue-home-featured-story__container--reversed purdue-home-featured-story__container--50\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"Purdue Crop Basis Tool logo\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CropBasisTool_feature.jpg\"\/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                                                                    <h3 class=\"purdue-home-featured-story__header\">Access Corn &amp; Soybean Basis Data for Local Markets<\/h3>\n                    \n                    \n\n<p>Use regional, ethanol plant, soybean processor, or Ohio River basis to view up-to-date on current market information and compare to historical trends.<\/p>\n\n\n                                            <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                                            <li class=\"\">\n                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/crop-basis-tool\/\" target=\"_self\" >Explore the Tool<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                                                            <li class=\"\">\n                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--black\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2023\/05\/new-and-improved-crop-basis-tool\/\" target=\"_self\" >Learn More<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack has-black-background \">\n    <div class=\"section has-padding-top-large has-padding-bottom-large\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__intro\">\n                                            <h2 class=\"purdue-home-intro-text__header header-font-united purdue-home-cta-stack__header\">Key Publications<\/h2>\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__content\">\n                            \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__cards\">\n                    <div class=\"columns\">\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2020\/12\/cover-crop-decision-making-tool\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"Corn field with cover crop terminated underneath.\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/R21.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Cover Crop Decision Tool<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\">Use crop yields, prices, costs, and potential savings to examine your cover crop decision<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2020\/12\/fungicide-decision-making-tool\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"crop dusting plane\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-nc-farm-bureau-mark-13094666-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Fungicide Decision Tool<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\">Analyze yield potentials, crop prices, and application costs to decide on fungicide this season<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2024\/07\/conventional-and-organic-enterprise-net-returns-5\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"planter with tractor\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_2929-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Comparison of Conventional vs. Organic Crop Rotations<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\"><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2017\/06\/prevented-planting-and-replant-decisions\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"wet window\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20190523_DelayedCornandSoybeanPlanting_Featured-e1761923227869.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Prevented Plant &amp; Replant Decisions<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\"><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2014\/11\/corn-drying-and-shrink-comparison\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"grain dryer\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_0189-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Corn Drying &amp; Shrink Comparison Tools<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\"><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2019\/01\/silage-earlage-decison-aid\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"silage chopping\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-mirkofabian-10131876-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Silage\/Earlage Decision Tool<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\">Determine the value of standing fields of corn either as grain, silage and earlage<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2025\/06\/prospects-for-swine-feed-costs-in-the-second-half-of-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/201911_Langemeier_Long-TermTrendsInPigs_Featured.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Prospects for Swine Feed Costs<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\">Trends &amp; projections in feed costs for farrow-to-finish and swine finishing enterprises<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2023\/11\/trend-in-breakeven-prices-for-cattle-finishing\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191028_Mintert_CattleFeedersPlaceMoreHeifersOnFeed_Featured.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Trend in Breakeven Prices for Cattle Finishing<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\"><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2016\/05\/feed-cost-indices-for-a-dairy-cow-enterprise\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"dairy cows\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/S1H2552-055-1205-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Feed Cost Indices for a Dairy Cow Enterprise<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\"><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"column\">\n                                                                <a class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2022\/11\/feed-cost-indices-for-laying-hens-in-2023\/\" target=\"_self\">\n                                    <figure class=\"image\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"chickens, laying hens in commercial layer house\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-davegarcia-32840073-scaled-e1761924831768.jpg\" \/>\n                                    <\/figure>\n                                    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                        <h3 class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-title\">Feed Cost Indices for Laying Hens<\/h3>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-stack__card-subtext\"><\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-featured-story \">\n    <div class=\"section has-gold-background\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n\n                                            <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n                    <h2 class=\"tagged-header\">Price Distribution Tool<\/h2>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"columns purdue-home-featured-story__container\">\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__image-container\">\n\n                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-31-at-11.56.23-AM.png\"\/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"column purdue-home-featured-story__content-container\">\n                                                                    <h3 class=\"purdue-home-featured-story__header\">Estimate the Probability Distribution of Corn &amp; Soybean Prices<\/h3>\n                    \n                    \n\n<p>The Illinois Price Distribution Tool, by farmdoc, uses current option market prices to derive estimates of prices at the expiration of an underlying corn and soybean futures contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n                                            <ul class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">\n                                                                                            <li class=\"\">\n                                    <a class=\"purdue-home-button\" href=\"https:\/\/fd-tools.ncsa.illinois.edu\/pricedistribution\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Use Tool (Opens in a new tab)\">Use Tool<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"purdue-home-video-embed \">\n        <div class=\"section has-none-background\">\n        <div class=\"container is-16by9\">\n                        <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"tagged-header purdue-home-video-embed__header\">Marketing Grain<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--horizontal purdue-home-cta-card--video\">\n    <div class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/tNHOQ6sazFw\/maxresdefault.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n        <span class=\"cta-link purdue-home-cta-card__link\">Watch Video<\/span>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cta-icon cta-icon--play\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/themes\/purdue-home-theme\/imgs\/play_icon_gold.svg\" alt=\"\">                                       \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"iframe-container is-sr-only\">\n        <div class=\"youtube-video\" id=\"tNHOQ6sazFw\" data-title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNHOQ6sazFw?rel=0&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;mute=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\"><\/div>\n    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