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Smithfield Foods awards 12 Impact Grants nationwide
Smithfield Foods has awarded more than $280,000 in Impact Grant funding to 12 nonprofit organizations working to strengthen communities where Smithfield employees live and work. These grants build on the more than $24 million Smithfield invested in 2025 to strengthen communities nationwide, including donating more than 16 million servings of protein to neighbors experiencing food insecurity. “Through our Impact Grant Program, we are proud to partner with local organizations that are addressing...
Getting equipment properly set up for planting
Getting equipment ready for the rush of spring planting can be a big chore. Greg Jones, global field engineering manager for Firestone Ag, says it’s important that farmers properly set up their tractors. Jones talks about when farmers should check out or change their...
New herbicide features wide application window to help fight troublesome weeds
A new crop protection product can take up to eight to ten years and millions of dollars to research, test, develop, and register. Surtain™ corn herbicide from BASF has reached that final stage with the product being approved by the EPA and now awaiting state by state...
Iowa Farmers asking for commonsense, climate-smart Farm Bill
As the Farm Bill is already six months late and languishing as an extension based on five to ten-year-old data, farmers are concerned with ensuring it gets done on time to avoid another year of kicking the can down the road. There is already a high probability that...
Senators: livestock consolidation a “bad deal” for consumers, ranchers
Senators Chuck Grassley and Jon Tester encourage their Senate colleagues to oppose recent efforts that they say will weaken the Packers and Stockyards Act. The upcoming Fiscal year 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill includes provisions Grassley and Tester say would...
National FFA Week celebrates past, present, and future members
We’re currently in the middle of National FFA Week, and members across the state of Iowa have been celebrating through all sorts of activities. In fact, the Iowa FFA leadership team has been travelling everywhere to visit as many of the local chapters as possible....
EPA considers slowing shift to electric vehicles
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering slowing tailpipe emission limits, which would give automakers more time to increase electric vehicle sales. The New York Times, followed by the Washington Post, reported the change, which could be viewed by some as a...
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National FFA membership reaches a significant milestone
The National FFA Organization has reached a record-breaking milestone of more than one million members. The current membership number is 1,027,273, up 8.6 percent from last year. National FFA, a nationally recognized school-based student leadership development...
NPB bringing back a familiar face to increase pork demand
Patrick Fleming returned for his second tenure with the National Pork Board, where he now serves as the vice president of demand development. Fleming shared his goals for the first 90 days in his new role. He discusses the potential of pork in relation to consumer...
Sam’s Club buyers from China learn about merchandising U.S. pork
In China, Sam’s Club is one of the leading retail outlets for high quality beef and pork. With support from the Beef Checkoff Program and the National Pork Board, the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently brought a team of Sam’s Club buyers from China to South...
July rains benefitting most major crop areas
The United States primary growing regions for corn and soybeans have been receiving beneficial rainfall during the crucial stretch of the growing season. For corn and soybean production areas of the United States, USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says drought levels are...
Ag history and modern technology on display at the Smithsonian
When you think of museums, you may think of old artifacts and history, but museum curators are also watching modern-day technology and how it tells the story of changing times. Abeer Saha, curator of the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington, D.C., said...
