by Riley Smith | Apr 8, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farmers are always looking for ways to increase their sustainability while also improving their ROI, but sometimes that comes with an unavoidable amount of risk. Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is offering its N Rate Risk Protection Program to help encourage farmers...
by Riley Smith | Apr 8, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
U.S. pork exports posted another excellent performance in February, which was fueled by growth in the Western Hemisphere, South Korea, and Australia. February pork exports increased 14% from a year ago to more than 250,000 metric tons (mt), while value jumped 15% to...
by Riley Smith | Apr 5, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
This year, the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses is recognizing April 7-13 as Occupational Health Nurses Week, and AgriSafe Network is celebrating by offering 125 continuing nursing education scholarships for the 2024 Nurse Scholar program. The...
by Riley Smith | Apr 5, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Agriculture is constantly changing, and sometimes that change can happen extremely quickly. As a result, it’s important for companies at the forefront of ag technology to be able to change and adapt quickly as well. Matt Chambers, vice chair of the board for Landus,...
by Riley Smith | Apr 4, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
As input prices go up and commodity prices go down, farmers rely on the reference prices in the farm safety net to help stay in business when margins get squeezed. Betty Resnick, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), explained the basics of...
