by Mark Magnuson | Aug 19, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Small month over month adjustments were recorded in USDA’s August meat production and prices forecast for this year. USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski says that there were insignificant adjustments made to the USDA’s August outlook for meat...
by Mark Magnuson | Aug 16, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
A bipartisan group of Senators has launched a new push to get USDA to improve the accuracy of foreign-owned farmland data. The group, led by GOP Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst and Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman wrote Secretary Vilsack that FSA data on...
by Mark Magnuson | Aug 15, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The Iowa Pork tent at the Iowa State Fair is a long-time tradition that feeds thousands of fairgoers each year. The Iowa Pork tent at the Iowa State Fair provides fairgoers with a lot of options for nutritious fuel to power their day says Ben Nuelle with the Iowa Pork...
by Mark Magnuson | Aug 14, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Iowa Soybean Association board members are elected to three-year terms and are eligible to serve three consecutive terms. Pat Swanson is wrapping up her ninth year on the Iowa Soybean Association board and says that her third term is set to wrap up soon. Swanson says...
by Mark Magnuson | Aug 13, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Teddy Bear is the big bull of the 2024 Iowa State Fair, weighing in at 3,064 pounds and earning the win in the Super Bull Contest. The purebred Simmental bull was the heaviest of the three bulls competing and is now on display at the entrance to the Cattle Barn for...
