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John Deere continues to advance autonomous farming

John Deere continues to advance autonomous farming

Agricultural technology has advanced at an astonishing pace, transforming how we work the land in ways my grandfather could never have imagined. He was the last in our family to plow fields with horses, eventually trading reins for the steering wheel of a tractor, a leap forward in its own right. Today, that same evolution continues with breathtaking speed, as we now look toward autonomous tractors that navigate fields and perform tasks without a driver, reshaping the future of farming once...

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A lot of milk was lost to COVID-19

A lot of milk was lost to COVID-19

?June is dairy month.? You are probably hearing that a lot on your local radio stations, and along your Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network affiliates. It is the time we celebrate all that is good in the dairy industry. We definitely need to get back into thinking...

Corteva files motion with U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Corteva files motion with U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Corteva Agriscience filed a motion Friday to intervene in the Ninth Circuit Court case removing the Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) registrations for three Dicamba herbicides.As previously reported on the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network, the Ninth Circuit...

SIRE completes monarch habitat expansion

SIRE completes monarch habitat expansion

A western Iowa ethanol plant recently finished up an expansion to its monarch habitat project. The Monarch Fueling Station at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy ? south of Council Bluffs ? has grown from its original seven acres to 20 acres. The project was started in...

Cover crop adoption requires shift in mindset

Cover crop adoption requires shift in mindset

Matt Bormann, of Algona, Iowa, last week spoke to crop progress, where he attributed early season results to conservation practices, such as cover crops and less tillage. Today he challenges farmers to step outside their comfort zones.Bormann doesn't deny, ?It's easy...

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Weekly soybean exports hit 2.878 MMT

Weekly soybean exports hit 2.878 MMT

A bullish surprise on Thursday morning?s U.S. Export Sales Report, according to Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride.McBride tells IARN that weekly soybean sales were very strong at 2.878 million metric tons. Estimates were high for soybeans, but McBride says the...