Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.On January 28 eight Senators introduced blueprint legislation aiming at reforming immigration law. American Farm Bureau voiced its hopes that the bill would include provisions for agricultural laborers in the...
Above: Pineapple grown by the Erba Fruit Company.Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network reporter Ken Root is in Panama, where the pineapple business is booming. Listen to his report by clicking on the audio player...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Friday's Cattle on Feed report from USDA contained a surprise: feedlots are buying less cattle.Click here to read the CoF report from USDA.Industry analysts had expected December placements to be higher, but the...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Click here for up-to-date reports on the ongoing drought.A new report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the areas of the country afflicted by drought are receding. A 1.2% drop in covered area from last week...
Above: Dr. Maynard Hogberg, Professor and Chair, Iowa State University Department of Animal Science and National Association for Advancement of Animal Science Vice President.Right-click on the audio players below to download audio.Depending on who you ask, animal...
Right-click on the audio players below to download audio.Speaking to reporters via conference call Wednesday, DuPont Pioneer Public Relations Manager Jerry Harrington, Senior Soybean Marketing Manager Don Schafer and Soybean Product Development Research Scientist...
Above: Greg Thessen, Iowa Agricultural Statistics DirectorRight-click on the audio player below to download audio.Every five years since the first Census of Agriculture in 1840, American producers receive census forms in the mail. They're worth filling out; no other...
Right-click on the audio players below to download audioOn January 18, the extended comment period for the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy ended. Iowans had 45 days to offer their thoughts on the document, with an additional two weeks added January 3.In all, over a...
Right-click on the audio players below to download audio.The 113th Congress has a much better chance at completing a farm bill than its predecessor. That's according to Senator Chuck Grassley, who thinks the relatively status quo election last November bodes well for...
Audio courtesy Gary Crawford with USDA.Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.At the close of business February 1, Cargill will idle its beef processing facility in Plainview, Texas. The company cites the tight cattle supply brought about by years of...
