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Be early and active when managing post-emergence weeds
With most of the crops planted at this point, it’s time to be thinking about post-emergence weed management already. Northeast Iowa Beck’s Agronomist Lee Koenigsfeld said it’s important to take care of weeds while they are small and easy to kill. When it comes to attacking those weeds, Koenigsfeld said an active and early strategy will keep fields clean. Koenigsfeld added that some farmers are worried about nitrogen loss due to runoff from the rain, but he said that it’s not quite time to get...
Nominations open for Iowa Soybean Association Leadership Awards
Do you know a student passionate about supporting agriculture? How about a farmer dedicated to protecting natural resources? If so, now is the time to nominate deserving individuals for one of eight Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) Leadership Awards. ?It?s one thing to...
Three Iowa cooperatives receive funding to advance broadband services
"Broadband connectivity is not a luxury now, it is a necessity for today's life," U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said Wednesday at a Virtual Rural Broadband ReConnect Event."The lagging need is connectivity," reiterates Secretary Perdue. Secretary Perdue...
GROWMARK Foundation awards FFA jackets to Illinois students
Several FFA members from Illinois are receiving FFA jackets through a program honoring the legacy of a long-time GROWMARK employee. The GROWMARK Foundation is giving away 25 FFA jackets this fall. Karen Jones with GROWMARK tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network...
Naig, Pate Encourage Iowa FFA Members, Alumni to Help Staff Polling Locations on Election Day
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Secretary of State Paul Pate are encouraging Iowa FFA members and young alumni to take an active role in the 2020 election by helping to staff polling locations.Polling places around the state rely on precinct election...
California?s Prop 12 will have detrimental ramifications for U.S. hog producers
Hog farmers across the country are being dictated to on how they make their living and support their family. The demands are being made by the state of California. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other Ag groups are challenging the law in Federal Court...
Beef Up Iowa continues with major gift from Tyson Foods
A gift from Tyson Foods will provide 80,000 meals to food insecure Iowans through Beef Up Iowa.The Beef Up Iowa program is a partnership among Iowa State University, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa Food Bank Association, and Iowa?s beef...
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Opening Market Podcast – Jim McCormick AgMarket.Net – 1-12-22
It is report day. We will get tons of USDA data and S. American crop updates. Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net sorts through it all with Dustin Hoffmann.
Opening Market Podcast – Jim McCormick AgMarket.Net
It is report day. We will get tons of USDA data and S. American crop updates. Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net sorts through it all with Dustin Hoffmann.
South American Weather and Crop Update (1-11-22)
Planting is on track down in Argentina. In this week's South American Weather and Crop Update, Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said that the dry weather helped farmers get their crops planted, and now they?re looking for some rain to finally appear.?What we?re...
Closing Market Podcast 1-11-2022
GROWMARK becomes sole owner of AgriVisor
GROWMARK, Inc., is now the sole owner and operator of AgriVisor, LLC, a full-service agricultural risk management and marketing services firm. This comes after GROWMARK purchased Illinois Agricultural Association?s ownership interest in AgriVisor on December 30,...
