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Saving time on your cattle operation through data and analytics

Saving time on your cattle operation through data and analytics

Time is money for farmers and producers and products that can help simplify data and analytics can save producers time and allow them to keep their operation running smoothly. Dustin Balsley is founder and Chief Operating Officer of Performance Livestock Analytics and he tells Iowa Ag Radio about a digital tool that helps catalog data every day for feedlot producers. After inputting data, Performance Beef provides the playbook to producers with answers for their operation. Balsley says...

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Iowa farms are re-evaluating how they use John Deere Operations Center

Iowa farms are re-evaluating how they use John Deere Operations Center

John Deere Operations Center is already part of many farming operations today, but how it is being used varies widely depending on equipment, connectivity, and how far a farm has gone down the precision ag path. As automation and advanced application technologies...

EPA is expected to reapprove dicamba

EPA is expected to reapprove dicamba

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to reapprove Dicamba for over-the-top use on tolerant soybeans and cotton for the 2026 season. The Washington Post said the decision is aimed at addressing weed control challenges and will likely include stricter...

South American Weather and Crop Update (2-3-26)

South American Weather and Crop Update (2-3-26)

The South American weather forecast has flipped from its usual pattern. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said the nearby forecast is now lacking rain. McBride said the longer-term forecast has the rains they are looking for. McBride added that harvest progress...

Iowa producer engagement pays dividends

Iowa producer engagement pays dividends

Producer voices are important and they can yield results. Ethan Lane, the senior vice president of government affairs with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network at NCBA’s CattleCon in Nashville that Iowa producers are...

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EPA is expected to reapprove dicamba

EPA is expected to reapprove dicamba

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to reapprove Dicamba for over-the-top use on tolerant soybeans and cotton for the 2026 season. The Washington Post said the decision is aimed at addressing weed control challenges and will likely include stricter...