When you look at the family farming operation, ask yourself this one question; ?did I do this on my own??Were you the one who first turned the ground and built the buildings?Are you the only one who tills, plants, sprays, fertilizes, protects, harvests, and hauls your...
Farmers are adopting precision technologies at different rates. A USDA report says the largest farms are adopting auto-steer guidance technology at significantly higher rates. After sorting farms into five equally-sized groups, the agency found that among farmers who...
A team of 15 farm industry leaders traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, last week, representing the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) in the first post-COVID trade mission. The group met with buyers and importers at the Expo Carnes trade show, visited a processing...
The National Pork Board frequently organizes trips to foreign countries in order to help promote U.S. pork and look for areas to differentiate U.S. pork from competitors and add value and opportunity into other markets.Bob Ruth is a National Pork Board board member...
As we approach the end of February, we get that much closer to the new farm bill. There?s a lot of things that farmers want to see in this year?s legislation, but, by and large, the number one sentiment is to keep the things that work intact. Iowa 2nd District...
Before anybody reads this headline and scrambles to find the old bomb shelter your parents or grandparents built in the 60s, it isn?t that kind of weapon. Most people wouldn?t consider it a weapon unless it is being intentionally used as one. However, it is a weapon...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon invite Iowans to nominate individuals or families in their communities for the 2023 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award.To be...
Recently, Iowa 2nd District Congresswoman Ashley Hinson joined in sending a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to spur some action on year-round E15. Last year, we saw the summertime moratorium get lifted, which was great to...
To a new farmer, acquiring farmland without any prior family connections or in-roads to get started can be difficult. The barrier to entry as a new farmer can be quite daunting. Farmland and farm equipment can be very expensive and difficult to acquire for a farmer...
It?s been one year since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and started a war that many thought would only last days or weeks. When the Russian invasion first began, commodity prices shot up significantly. However, Karl Setzer, commodity risk analyst with AgriVisor,...
