Day two of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour found its Western Scouts finishing up the state of Nebraska. Yesterday, we talked about the low numbers coming out of South Dakota. The scouts knew that Nebraska was probably going to see some lower numbers as well, given that the...
Many of us are acutely aware of how important women are to agriculture, but sometimes people outside of the industry only think of the man in the trucker hat as the main farmer. More and more, we are seeing women take over and operate farms themselves. That?s why...
A recent report from the American Farmland Trust shows that rural farmland acres are disappearing rapidly due to urban sprawl and development.Angie Doucette, Midwest farmland protection manager with American Farmland Trust, says that despite the quality of farmland in...
A big topic for nearly everyone is the price of fuel, especially as diesel hits a record high. Naturally, that has many farmers wondering about the cost of propane and its availability this fall. Mike Newland, Director of Agriculture Business Development at the...
This week the Pro Farmer Crop tour is going through both the Eastern and Western Cornbelt to check on yield potential in corn and soybeans. It has been said that this year?s tour will be a comparison of the ?haves? and the ?have nots?. The Eastern Cornbelt has seen...
Farmland prices and farm equipment sales declined in the August Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index. The overall index fell for the fifth straight month, for August slumped to 44.0 from 46.0 in July. The index ranges between 0 and 100, with a reading of 50.0...
Iowa 4th District Congressman Randy Feenstra stopped our booth last Saturday at the Iowa State Fair for our monthly chat. There are many things going on in the ag industry, but chief among those issues right now is the Inflation Reduction Act. Regardless of which side...
The open class horse shows at the Iowa State Fair attract competitors from all over the country to compete for the top spot. Emily Kidd with Kidd Me Knot Percherons from northwest Ohio says that traveling with draft horses across several states is no easy task.Emily...
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently hosted meat processors from across Latin America for a further processing seminar at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This was the fifth global processing seminar conducted by USMEF, but the first since COVID travel...
The U.S. Drought Monitor says the amount of land facing drought eased a little in the western Corn Belt but was largely unchanged in the Midwest. In a six-state region, including Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, approximately 51...
