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Spring bird migration enhances HPAI threat
The spring migratory season brings with it the renewed threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI. Dudley Hoskins, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, is reminding farmers and others to take all necessary precautions. The H5N1 strain of avian influenza is present in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in U.S. domestic birds and dairy cattle. Hoskins asks farmers to lean on USDA’s APHIS experts for guidance and help in preventing spread. For...
Fending off weeds with a well rounded crop protection plan
Waterhemp is the most widespread herbicide resistant weed in Iowa. It stands to reason that nearly every agriculture company?s crop protection division spends a lot of time and resources in combating this prevalent weed. However, Blake Miller an agronomic service...
Agriculture is facing a problem no technology can fix
When we think of the challenges we sometimes run up against in agriculture, we can usually rest assured that, eventually, somebody will come up with a solution. Whether it is smart sprayer technology, herbicide resistance, animal diseases, or even a trade war, usually...
More than 400 organizations voice support for existing pesticide law
More than 400 organizations affirmed the support of the pesticide regulatory system under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA, in a letter to lawmakers this week. The letter is in response to recently introduced legislation that would...
Senator Grassley gives update on farm bill process
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa (R-IA) says that he has been an advocate for farm subsidy payment limits in the past while working on the farm bill and will try and garner support for the issue again in 2023.Senator Grassley was asked during his weekly conference...
New records set for food assistance in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa -- In January 2023, the most recent month available, Food Bank of Iowa and its partners in 55 counties served a record 168,655 individuals, breaking the previous record of 151,282 served in October 2022. A record number of children ? 72,044 ? also...
Corteva announces game-changing gene editing technology for corn hybrids
At last week?s Commodity Classic in Orlando, Corteva Agriscience announced that an innovative gene editing technology that aims to bring additional protection to elite corn hybrids is advancing through the company?s research and development pipeline. The new technique...
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Cattle prices affecting land prices
Agriculture is very land intensive. We need space to be able to produce what we need to feed the world. Whether it is row crops, small grains, hog barns or cattle pastures; all of them take up space and that means that competition is going to arise for farmland across...
NFU among several groups supporting AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act
Recently, a group of ag organizations, including the National Farmers Union (NFU), wrote a letter to lawmakers to voice support for the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act. NFU President Rob Larew said AM radio is too important to rural America for it to be abandoned. “This...
A new threat to soybeans in the Midwest
A soybean disease that is new to farmers in the central corn belt has been causing issues in soybean fields this growing season. Red crown rot is a fungal disease in soybeans that has attacked southern soybean fields for decades. Unfortunately for midwestern farmers,...
Determining the optimal soybean seeding rate
Honing in on the proper seeding rate for soybeans, according to new numbers and new analysis from our friends at the Iowa Soybean Association. Always helping to improve, that's the goal of Iowa Soybean Association checkoff funded research. Joe McClure, ISA director of...
Secretary Naig raises concerns with Endangered Species Act herbicide strategy
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raising serious concerns about its draft Endangered Species Act draft herbicide strategy. Given Iowa’s national leadership in crop production and the...
