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Saving time on your cattle operation through data and analytics
Time is money for farmers and producers and products that can help simplify data and analytics can save producers time and allow them to keep their operation running smoothly. Dustin Balsley is founder and Chief Operating Officer of Performance Livestock Analytics and he tells Iowa Ag Radio about a digital tool that helps catalog data every day for feedlot producers. After inputting data, Performance Beef provides the playbook to producers with answers for their operation. Balsley says...
NPB stresses manure safety in the pork industry
The National Pork Board is asking producers to take safety precautions when applying manure this spring.Marguerite Tan, NPB Director of Environmental Programs, says manure is a valuable nutrient source for crops and an important component of the pork industry?s...
Ernst hears bird flu concerns from Iowa poultry producers
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst recently met with north-central Iowa egg producers to hear their concerns and experiences with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.During a visit to Clarion in Wright County, Ernst said much of the discussion centered around bird flu outbreaks...
AFBF ready to celebrate National Volunteer Week
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is preparing to celebrate National Volunteer Week next week from April 17-23. Elise Cruce, AFBF Managing Director of Leadership Development, said Farm Bureau is using the week to celebrate the volunteer work of its...
New veterinary debt solutions program launches
Farm Journal Foundation is partnering with the Zoetis Foundation to launch a new program to find solutions for relieving student debt in the veterinary industry. The effort?s long-term goal seeks to address shortages of veterinarians to work with farmers in rural...
Glisan updates farmers on spring planting conditions
Planters will be rolling this month and farmers continue to monitor weather forecasts as they make decisions on when to hit the fields. Iowa State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network that the latest U.S. Drought Monitor on...
Grassley: ?Iowa producers stand ready to lower gas prices?
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he?s glad President Biden is turning to biofuels to provide consumers with a more affordable fuel option.During his weekly press call with farm reporters Thursday morning, Senator Grassley lauded Biden?s announcement this week that he...
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Cattlemen?s Beef Board using Beef Checkoff to combat misinformation
With the amount of misinformation circulating nowadays, especially in the ag industry, it?s important to have a group that will stand up and actively combat it. That?s one of the main purposes of the Cattlemen's Beef Board and the Beef Checkoff- to combat...
Managing risks in the markets
Last week?s WASDE report was expected by many to bring bearish news to the ag marketplace. Instead, the USDA made cuts to ending stocks and harvest acres for corn and soybeans and that led to some bullish price movement. In the following days we saw March corn push to...
Bee vaccine to be available this spring
You read that right- there is now a vaccine to help protect honeybees from disease. The USDA recently granted a conditional license for a vaccine to protect the country?s honeybees from foulbrood disease. The vaccine was developed by Dalan Animal Health, a small...
Preparing for planting season by planning ahead
2022 was at the very least a challenging year for many farmers because of the uncertainty.Farmers and producers encountered a weather pattern that was not consistent. Dan Berning, agronomy manager with Pioneer, says that weather was not uniform for farmers, but many...
Rural job growth shifting to high-skill workers
Over the last two decades, the strongest rural job gains were in smaller industries that tend to employ high-skill workers. USDA Economic Research Service reports the highest growth was in the real estate industry. Also showing rapid growth was the administrative...
