We have known about the propane frustrations farmers have been having this fall. A wet fall compounded on a wet spring and a late plant has farmers drying the harvests from levels they never have before. Farmers were trying to leave crops in the field as long as...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is called the ?gold standard? for crop reporting. This year, however, many farmers disagreed with their data. In one instance, a death threat was made against the official who traveled with the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour. I spoke...
USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey talks with us about the deadline extension for the crop insurance premium payments until February. We also talk about the 2nd round of Market Facilitation payments and what will need to be...
Dean Foods, America?s largest milk producer, Tuesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A prominent figure believes the U.S. dairy industry should be optimistic, despite this shortcoming.Former United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack now serves as president and...
Iowa and Nebraska dealt with some terrible flooding over the past year. Nebraska started out with floods inside the state, before the shared border along the Missouri river all but washed away. With the National Weather Service (NWS) predicting more flooding into next...
Iowa farmers hammered down on harvest last week.The weekly Crop Progress & Conditions report, out from the Department of Agriculture?s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) showed Iowa corn harvest at seven-percent complete, four-percent above last...
Late-season rains pushed back seed corn harvest in Iowa. Harvest crews have been running steady over the past few weeks, and we are now starting to see cover crop growth spread across the once barren fields. Adam Nechinacky, of Buckingham, Iowa, has recently been...
The Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crop Initiative, a project developed by the Iowa Seed Association, looks to increase cover crop adoption, specifically within Iowa?s seed corn production system. The project, funded by the Iowa Department of Agriculture?s Clean Water...
