by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 28, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
When you look at the family farming operation, ask yourself this one question; ?did I do this on my own??Were you the one who first turned the ground and built the buildings?Are you the only one who tills, plants, sprays, fertilizes, protects, harvests, and hauls your...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 27, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Before anybody reads this headline and scrambles to find the old bomb shelter your parents or grandparents built in the 60s, it isn?t that kind of weapon. Most people wouldn?t consider it a weapon unless it is being intentionally used as one. However, it is a weapon...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 24, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The old saying is that ?what goes up, must come down.? This is something that we have been keeping in the back of our minds ever since we started to see farm prices climb higher just a few years ago. We knew it probably wouldn?t last. Eventually, there would have to...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 23, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Earlier this week, we talked with Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig about the proposal Mexico had offered to walk back the GMO ban on yellow corn temporarily and ban its growth in only their country. This was met with skepticism and calls that it was still a...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 22, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Conservation and climate-smart farming are not new terms in our vocabulary. More and more, we are seeing farmers changing their practices to be even more mindful of the effect they have on the soil and the environment around them. They are working to make sure good...
