by Andy Petersen | Nov 6, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor, a native Iowan, says she recently led a trade mission to southeast Asia that included stops in Malaysia and Singapore and believes it was very productive. “One of the things I wanted to...
by Andy Petersen | Nov 3, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Now is the time to directly benefit from your check off investment by getting involved in some on farm replicated trials that could help your final yields and improve your environmental footprint for next year with the Iowa Soybean Association. Kellie Blair is a...
by Andy Petersen | Nov 2, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Looking for moisture, and some should be coming. Even with the rainfall that has occurred across much of Iowa recently, the latest Drought Monitor shows virtually no change with over 98% of the state still in some form of drought designation. However, USDA’s Midwest...
by Andy Petersen | Nov 1, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farmers are beginning the analysis of the 2023 crop yield before harvest wraps up. Troy Bauer of BASF says making notes is important as it relates to solving crop issues. One of the eye-popping stats so far on some of the early data is that soybean fields that had...
by Andy Petersen | Oct 31, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Slowing the pace of harvest, with some rains that fell this past week. The update comes from the USDA’s Upper Midwest Regional Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, where Doug Decock is the statistician. “Corn harvested for grain reached 77%...