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Follow Kip Cullers, a Purdy, Mo., farmer known for his bin-busting soybean yields, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie and Farm Journal Machinery Editor Margy Fischer as they travel to Brazil to learn more about the country's soybean production.
In traveling across Brazil, you see a little bit of everything. And often, there are things I see that are surprising. Here’s a picture with a cow valued at $1 Million. The cow has 18 laborers who tend to it every day.
On the contrast, here’s a cow hooked to a sprayer for field work.