Your browser does not support the audio tag.WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Earlier this month, Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill joined the American Farm Bureau Federation Trade Advisory Committee in visiting World Trade Organization offices in Geneva, Switzerland and...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.DES MOINES, Iowa - This harvest season a bumper crop of corn and soybeans will strain the capacity of U-S railroads, but some commodity groups like the American Soybean Association are asking authorities like the Surface...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Ever since China shuttered its ports to American corn and corn products last year over unapproved biotech traits found in some cargoes, questions have lingered on why exactly China opted for such a...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.DES MOINES, Iowa - Only 37 percent of Iowa's corn crop is mature, which is about 10 days behind normal, according to USDA. Additionally only 34 percent of Iowa's soybean crop is dropping leaves, which put this year's beans...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.WASHINGTON (USGC) - After 30 years of at or near double-digit economic growth, China?s capacity to continue increasing domestic corn and feed grain production is believed to be below projected consumption growth, and that...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.ELKHART, Iowa - This year Iowa farmers are going to harvest a big crop. And that means grain safety will be a big issue.According to the last crop production report, USDA forecasts a bushel of corn this year to be worth...
BOONE, Iowa - Knowledge is power, and when it comes to your field, knowledge is profitability.That's the philosophy behind FarmLink's new TrueHarvest yield benchmarking service, which measures yield data at the "microfield" level; that is, in areas measuring just 150...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Alleging that the August 19 vote by Iowa DNR's Environmental Protection Commission was illegal, the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund last Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal district court. At question is whether or not five...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.DES MOINES, Iowa - Recently tap water in Toledo, Ohio became undrinkable due to blue green algae, itself caused by increased levels of nitrogen and phosphorus (N and P) in Lake Erie. N and P are also a problem for Iowa's...
Your browser does not support the audio tag.ANKENY, Iowa - For many producers, profit opportunities on this year's bean crop are below the cost of production, but the Iowa Soybean Association says the remedy for low prices is low prices. The last WASDE report painted...
