To hear Brandon's coverage of weather conditions next week as planting season begins, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - Spring planting is just around the corner, but planting conditions will probably be a little cooler than normal.April 11 is the earliest planting date...
DES MOINES, Iowa - One way to measure quality on soybeans is reliability. The United Soybean Board says customers around the world are looking to the United States, and taking note.Farmers are meeting the demands of international customers with top-quality beans, USB...
To hear more of Brandon's coverage of pest pressure this spring, click here.JOHNSTON, Iowa - A persistently cold winter could affect the presence of pests on this year's corn and soybean crop.This winter may have been the 9th coldest in the past 141 years of record...
To hear Ken's report on possible FSA office closures, click here.WASHINGTON (NAFB) and DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Closing a Farm Service Agency office can be a very hot potato when put into the political arena, but it's a real possibility under the current restructuring of...
To hear Ken's coverage of Grassley's reaction to Braley's comment, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - A dust-up in the race for Sen. Tom Harkin's seat was quickly calmed by both candidate and senator, but it could bring Republicans back to competitiveness over the first...
WASHINGTON and DES MOINES, Iowa - April ethanol futures early this week continued an upward trend beyond April gasoline futures, leading to the widest spread between the two prices since July of 2011.Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw says...
To hear Brandon's conversation with ISA Marketing Director Grant Kimberley on the China's economic health, click here.ANKENY, Iowa - China set its economic growth goal for 2014, in terms of its gross domestic product (GDP), at 7.5%.China set the same goal last year...
Above: Scientist Norman Borlaug is congratulated by President George W. Bush during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring his work on July 17, 2007. To hear Ken's coverage of the reaction to Norman Borlaug's statue, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - Today would...
Photo credit: Syngenta AGTo hear Brandon's report on Syngenta's efforts to open markets to its new biotech traits, click here.SLATER, Iowa - Corn rootworm resistance in the United States is a growing problem. But the solutions at home are having big impacts on trade...
To hear Brandon's report on the reaction to Dow's Enlist weed control system, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - After glyphosate and atrazine, 2,4-D is the most used herbicide in America. 15 years of glyphosate usage has had an unfortunate side effect:...
