The battle over access to funding for biofuel improvement is part of the Farm Bill, but with only a one-year patch job, updates to the programs aren’t going to be happening anytime soon. Modernization of the titles is more than just a little overdue. To that end, Iowa...
Another option when it comes to improving water quality on your farm and benefiting your crops will introduce you to a new product from Helena. There's a lot of information being disseminated during the 80th National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention...
With harvest winding down in the United States, extremely hot and dry conditions in South America are continuing to drive the commodity markets. Jim McCormick co-founder of AgMarket.net says that the weather conditions continue to make life difficult for South...
With a new Speaker of the House, there’s been yet another crinkle added to the potential passage of a new farm bill. Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra said they’ve been working hard to get Speaker Mike Johnson up to date on what all needs to happen in the next farm...
Iowa educators and students are invited to participate in an educational and interactive learning event, the Ag in Action: All About Poultry FarmChat® on November 16 at 9:30 a.m. Hosted by the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation (IALF) in collaboration with Iowa...
We are always looking for the latest in technological advances. Trying to better what we do, so we can work smarter and not harder. One of those tedious jobs that many livestock producers do is putting up fences. Whether it is digging post holes or hammering in...
Summit Carbon Solutions presented a request to Iowa regulators to build a $5.5 billion carbon capture pipeline. Local reports say Iowa regulators recently concluded a hearing on the subject. However, deciding whether the company should get a construction permit and...
Ahead of schedule on harvest here in Iowa as we start to wind everything down. The weekly Crop Progress/Harvest Progress report is out from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service Upper Midwest Regional Office, where the statistician is Brian Gallagher. “Corn...
It’s a tale of two countries right now in South America. Brazil is too dry for planting, and Argentina is too wet. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the current weather patterns. In the longer-term forecasts, both countries are expected to get...
Last weekend leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees came to an agreement on extending the lifespan of the 2018 Farm Bill by one year. That is United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) who says that he agrees with leaders from both ag committees who...
