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Fareway and Murphy Family Foundation team up for 6th annual food donation
This past Tuesday, the Murphy Family Foundation teamed up with Fareway for the sixth year in a row of donating Easter meal kits to the Food Bank of Iowa. Food insecurity is still more present than ever across the state, and these meal kits will provide a sense of normalcy to food-insecure Iowans this Easter season. Elias Johnson of Fareway said the donation started as a joint effort between friends. Johnson said the donation also showcases some quality Iowa-raised food products. Johnson said...
Tips to improve nitrogen use efficiency
Nitrogen hit record prices in the fall of 2022 and though prices have dropped from those highs with the fine line of profitability for producers, managing nitrogen to optimize the return on investment is imperative.Nitrogen is the most essential nutrient needed by...
Vilsack talks overseas trade at G-7 ag summit
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently participated in the G-7 Agriculture Ministers? Meeting in Japan. Trade was one of many topics of conversation, and Vilsack talked about trade with the ag ministers of Vietnam and Japan.?Vietnam, I had the chance to talk about the...
Finding the best weed control recommendations
Selecting a weed control system that best fits your operation means choosing an established and trusted system. Jessica Feldhaus is a Bayer marketing content specialist and she says the RoundUp Ready Extend System is backed by more than 25 years of innovation and the...
Soybean farmers, biodiesel producers applaud defense of biodiesel tax credit
The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) and Iowa Biodiesel Board (IBB) commend Iowa U.S. Representatives Randy Feenstra (R-04), Ashley Hinson (R-02), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-01) and Zach Nunn (R-03), for leading efforts to defend soybean farmers and biodiesel producers...
Widespread rainfall doesn?t mean drought conditions are gone yet
Spring has brought some widespread rainfall across the state, but that doesn't mean the drought is completely over yet. In fact, we could even see an expansion of drought conditions in certain areas. Iowa State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan provided an update on the...
Pork cares farm impact report helps tell the pork story
Fifteen years ago, the development of the We Care? Ethical Principles set a framework to build trust in the U.S. pork industry.Ashley McDonald is the assistant vice president of sustainability for the National Pork Board and she says that today the We Care App and the...
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USMCA panel limits U.S. dairy access in Canada
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement went into effect on July 1st 2020 and was designed to allow for more balanced and reciprocal trade between the three North American trade partners. However, a recent USMCA dispute panel argued that Canada’s dairy import...
Groups respond to small refinery exemptions decision
A coalition representing farmers and ethanol producers responded to last week’s decision of the Fifth Circuit Court on Small Refinery Exemptions under the Renewable Fuels Standard. The Court remanded to the Environmental Protection Agency its rejection of six small...
2024 Seed purchasing decisions are upon us
Decision time is upon us for 2024 seeding decisions. In order to make informed ones though, we need to know about performance in 2023. The growing season featured high moisture stress, high heat stress for a lot of us in Iowa, fertility stress for some of us as well,...
The grills may be cold, but pork is still hot
With the mercury dipping to the single digits at night and the sprinkling of snow on the ground, many of you are probably putting your grills away or under their covers for the season. (Unless you are a die-hard like me, but that’s a story for another time.) The idea...
Helping farmers overcome some of the toughest challenges
In row crop production there is a seemingly endless cycle of new challenges that confront farmers each year. Fortunately, growers are very adept at taking on new problems and using the tools at their disposal to overcome those obstacles. Nick Schweizer is the Director...
