by Dustin Hoffmann | Aug 2, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
We are now into the single-digit countdown to the Iowa State Fair. Of course, nobody is more excited about this than our own Riley Smith. He has already mapped out what food he is planning to eat and when, and that includes when he is there outside of work hours.But,...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Aug 1, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
With the dry weather, there has been a huge push to open emergency grazing and haying of Conservation Reserve Program land. A provision in the Farm Bill allows for this option to help relieve the producers of grazing animals. When we have conditions like this, forage...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 31, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It’s hard to believe we are just a month away from September and getting the itch to harvest our crops in the state of Iowa. As we get ever closer to the harvest, the Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship reminds farmers that they will be starting the...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 28, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Earlier this week we heard from House Ag Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson of Pennsylvania about his estimate for the progress of the Farm Bill. As the Congress recesses for its annual August break, the future of the Farm Bill is in limbo as far as Congressman Thompson...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 27, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
There are great debates happening about the environment and how we should proceed to make things better. That debate has gone on in the way we are managing our soil health, how we handle spraying the products we need to maintain our crop health. Now, there is a great...
