More farmers have adopted conservation practices and techniques on their farming operations in hopes of improving water quality, lessening soil erosion, or just improving efficiency on their farm. Ben Porepp, a conservation agronomist with the Iowa Soybean...
Bayer received good news in early 2022 that its newly developed premium, pre-selective herbicide TriVolt had been granted registration by the EPA. That led to many trial runs during the 2022 growing season.After receiving EPA approval in early 2022 for its new TriVolt...
Today?s report actually provided some good numbers for the markets to react to. We likely won?t see anything monumental as we approach the end of the year, but we?ll gladly take positive export sales. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an analysis of the...
Yesterday, we talked about how hunters can give back to their communities and help those who are less fortunate by donating extra deer through Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry. However, Iowa farmers may have difficulty connecting with that cause since there are...
As we are coming off another year of drought in Iowa, I find it interesting to think about water as much as I have in the past day or two. It?s an interesting situation. I recently saw a TikTok video that featured Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about the...
Leaders of state corn groups and the National Corn Growers Association called on President Biden to take additional steps to address the pending decree by Mexico that would block imports of biotech corn. A letter sent to the President Wednesday encouraged Biden to...
This weekend marks the end of shotgun season in Iowa. In recent years, hunters across the state have harvested around 100,000 deer annually, which means there?s a lot of venison to go around. Unfortunately, there?s always the issue of food insecurity among less...
Farm input costs were up in nearly all areas in 2022. Farmers were stretched this year by high gas prices, supply chain disruptions, and in some cases product shortages. Farmers Business Network Chief Economist Kevin McNew says that next year could hold similar...
The current 2022-2023 U.S. soybean balance sheet remains unchanged for now as export and crush volumes are in line with current forecasts. Although soybean meal is off to the projected start, the same can?t be said for soybean oil. Abysmal export volumes and...
With only a couple weeks in this year, there?s no better time to think about how to tackle next year?s growing season. Many companies are ready to help farmers with new and improved products, and DEKALB Asgrow is no different. Brian Green, DEKALB Asgrow technical...
