Bird flu affected just over a million of Iowa?s farm birds when it swept the state last spring. As birds begin to migrate south across Iowa, are farmers prepared for another outbreak? Iowa Turkey Federation executive director Gretta Irwin said farmers have taken...
Two major Ag companies sign a deal to expand precision and digital agriculture options. Deere and Company and The Climate Corporation signed a multi-year deal.It is an agreement that Deere will acquire the Precision Planting LLC equipment business and to enable...
Iowa?s Ag Secretary is in California speaking for Ag America, an organization that is trying to keep agriculture included in public policy decisions??California, says Northey, is ground zero in this debate of the use of water and regulation.Standing next to a citrus...
Women in agriculture will come from far and wide for an annual conference Friday and Saturday in Davenport. The conference is hosted by the Women, Food and Agriculture Network. Bridget Holcomb is Executive Director of the Women, Food and Agriculture Network. She says...
The new speaker of the House of Representatives is Paul Ryan from Wisconsin. Not an unknown in agricultural circles but he?s never been in a position of power as he assumed this week.At the American Bankers Association meeting last week, there was a lot of talk about...
Weather is the greatest single factor influencing agriculture world wide too strong a statement? Floods and drought drive prices by reducing production. But rain makes grain and abundant rainfall can produce very large crops.The big factor in weather for the coming...
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget measure stripping $3 billion from the federal crop insurance program. Iowa Congressman David Young voted against the budget measure and introduced legislation that reverses those cuts.Young's bill, H.R....
Friday, Dupont celebrated the grand opening of the world?s largest cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada. Cellulosic ethanol is produced from corn stover, or the stalks, leaves and cobs left in a field after harvest.The plant has the capacity to produce 30 million...
A destructive insect poses a major risk for ash trees in Iowa. Emerald Ash Borer is a metallic-green beetle measuring approximately half an inch long. The immature stage of the insect feeds on the inner bark of ash trees, disrupting the trees ability to transport...
Adapting and understanding new technology can be tough. One northwest Iowa chicken litter company used new technology as one way to help expand their business.Farm Nutrients began as a company managing chicken litter in the Storm Lake area. Today they now offer a wide...
