by Mark Magnuson | Jul 1, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The USDA published the Acreage and quarterly Grain Stocks reports on Friday and several factors combined to send the corn price in the ag marketplace to the downside. On Friday the ag marketplace reacted with a double digit drop in the corn price after the USDA...
by Mark Magnuson | Jul 1, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Smithfield Foods delivered 34,000 pounds of protein to Rock Valley, Iowa, to provide free, restaurant-quality hot meals to victims, first responders and volunteers impacted by severe flooding across Northwest Iowa. As a local employer with more than 600 employees in...
by Mark Magnuson | Jun 28, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The 2024 Iowa Soybean Association Experience Class will take place July 22nd-24th. The class will meet for three days and will travel across the state of Iowa to tour and learn about the soybean industry. Participants will develop insights on soybean research, new...
by Mark Magnuson | Jun 27, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The potential for artificial intelligence in agriculture is vast. While AI is still not fully integrated into the agriculture industry, data collecting for AI ag applications has been taking place for years. Austin O’Brien, is an Associate Professor of Computer...
by Mark Magnuson | Jun 26, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
On Friday the USDA will publish its Acreage and quarterly Grain Stocks reports at 11am. Will the reports be in line with industry expectations, or will there be any surprises included in the data on Friday? Jim McCormick, co-founder of AgMarket.Net, says that the...
