by Andy Petersen | Nov 17, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
On top of tough finances, we’re now seeing some disease show up in Iowa’s swine herd with a PRRS outbreak: We’re seeing the last couple of months, we’ve had more PRRS outbreaks on finishing floors than we’ve had in breeding herds. That is...
by Andy Petersen | Nov 16, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farmland values forecast from our friends at Farm Credit Services of American where Fallon Savage says after a wild year in 2022, things now are a little different: “That’s really starting to stabilize as we head into the fourth quarter of 2023. Tight...
by Andy Petersen | Nov 15, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Another option when it comes to improving water quality on your farm and benefiting your crops will introduce you to a new product from Helena. There’s a lot of information being disseminated during the 80th National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention...
by Andy Petersen | Nov 14, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Ahead of schedule on harvest here in Iowa as we start to wind everything down. The weekly Crop Progress/Harvest Progress report is out from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Upper Midwest Regional Office, where the statistician is Brian Gallagher....
by Andy Petersen | Nov 13, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
A big award for a conservation farming leader in Eastern Iowa. Voss Farms has been around since 1867 making it a heritage farm in Western Linn and Eastern Benton Counties. The fifth generation is Dan Voss who was recently named Iowa’s Conservation Farmer of the Year,...
