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Looking back at the rainy 2026 growing season

Looking back at the rainy 2026 growing season

Today brought the beautiful weather back to the state of Iowa, but as we all know, that hasn’t been the story for this past growing season. Overall harvest progress is still slightly behind due to heavy rains at the beginning of harvest season, and almost nonstop rains flooded many of the fields in Iowa over the summer. AgriGold Field Agronomist Bryant Luers said the months of June and September were particularly rainy. Luers said the heavy September rains caused farmers to start nearly half a...

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Anti-animal ag groups spending millions ahead of midterms

Anti-animal ag groups spending millions ahead of midterms

Anti-animal groups have been spending big ahead of the midterm elections. Hunter Ihrman, executive director of strategic engagement at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), said those groups have spent millions in an effort to influence the election...

Winter soybean strategy may help pig farmers beat the summer heat

Winter soybean strategy may help pig farmers beat the summer heat

New research funded by the Soy Checkoff suggests winter feeding decisions could help pork producers minimize the seasonal drop in carcass weights during the summer months. Researchers found that increasing soybean meal levels in grow-finish diets helped pigs maintain...

Iowa harvest advances despite weather interruptions

Iowa harvest advances despite weather interruptions

Harvest continues across Iowa, with farmers reporting strong yields despite weather interruptions that have slowed fieldwork in some areas. As producers bring in the remaining crops, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says favorable yields and changing weather...

Channel Seed helps update barns at Louisa County fairgrounds

Channel Seed helps update barns at Louisa County fairgrounds

Our state’s county fairs are at the heart of our local communities, and many of those fairs have been around for a long time. As such, those buildings also need updates as time takes its toll. When Louisa County’s old livestock barns became unsafe, several local...

Anti-animal ag groups spending millions ahead of midterms

Tough week of trade in the cattle markets

Across the industry most analysts pointed to the October Cattle on Feed Report as mostly friendly, however the markets this week were anything but positive for the cattle trade. Both the live and feeder cattle markets experienced sizable losses for the week. Matt...

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