by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 16, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
2021 was a year of question marks, variability, and perseverance in Iowa. Northern Iowa needed rain. Southeast Iowa wanted to turn the rain off. We had reports of diseases in the south and rootworms in the north. Variability like this, in such a small region, can make...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 15, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Back in 2015, the worst thing that poultry producers could go through, happened. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) hit the upper Midwest. Iowa was one of the hardest-hit states, due to its large populations of egg layers, chickens, and turkeys. It led to the...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 14, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
We still have a little more than a year and a half left on the 2018 Farm Bill. It doesn?t seem like it was that long ago that we were talking about getting everything passed and implemented.While a year and a half certainly seems like a long time; when you are...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 11, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Data gathering in agriculture is nothing new. We have been doing it for generations. Digital gathering of data is relatively new, but still not anything we aren?t used to seeing. With so many platforms out there, how do you know what is right for you? It can be mind...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 10, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
We know that to be successful in your operation, you need to be sustainable. You need to be able to show that your business is strong and can weather the hard times. You also need to be able to show that you are being responsible to the environment and live up to the...
