Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Apiculture, or beekeeping, is rising in popularity, despite the state of the industry. Beginner beekeepers have to contend with colony collapse disorder, Varroa mites, Nosema fungus, and other environmental...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audioIn just five years' time, China wants to increase its annual imports of soybeans and corn to 80 MMT and 30 MMT, respectively. For perspective, China's soybean imports in 2008 were 30 MMT, a figure which doubled...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.In Asia, it's all about relationships.That's according to Iowa Soybean Association Chief Operating Officer Karey Claghorn, above. She says many Asian buyers visit the Upper Midwest during harvest to visit farmers...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.A common criticism of raising livestock is the use of antibiotics to promote herd health. While antibiotics are one of the pinnacles of modern medicine, many are concerned that their application in animals that...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.On March 19, acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis testified before the Senate Finance Committee, laying out the administration's trade goals during its second term. Among other good news came a...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Along with several delegates from the Iowa Soybean Association and Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network reporter Ken Root, Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey is visiting China as part of a trade mission to continue...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.In the best of times, the testing process for incoming milk at the Anderson Erickson Dairy in Des Moines is intense, as AE Director of Marketing Kim Peter explains.Your browser does not support the audio tag.That...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Looking ahead, Iowa Cattlemen's Association President Ed Greiman says the cattle industry has the potential for a good year. Prices are coming down and demand is rising, and Greiman says the drought, at least in...
Right-click on audio player below to download audio.After receiving a response to his February 26 letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senator Chuck Grassley is still unsatisfied that meat inspection isn't receiving the fiscal attention he thinks it should.Your...
Commodity Classic has become the major gathering place for commodity farmers (corn, soybeans, wheat and grain sorghum) so that they can talk about their farms and families. The agribusiness community can't pass up an audience of six thousand of the top farmers in the...
