by Andy Petersen | Nov 20, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Advocating for Iowa Agriculture on Capitol Hill. Now that the 2018 Farm Bill has officially been extended for another year, Mark Hayes with the Farm Credit Council, who is doing a great job representing us in Washington DC, says the march for a permanent, long-term...
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....
