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250 years of agriculture transformed America

250 years of agriculture transformed America

250 years of agriculture has transformed America through innovation and marketing to industrial development and mass production. American agriculture was not just transformed by America, but it helped to transform America says retired Smithsonian Institution curator Peter Liebhold. Liebhold says it all began with marketing. Liebhold says the next step for agriculture was standardized weights, measures, and quality. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw innovation play a big role in the industry....

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Soybean growers applaud Supreme Court decision on glyphosate

Soybean growers applaud Supreme Court decision on glyphosate

The American Soybean Association is praising a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that federal pesticide labeling requirements take precedence over state failure-to-warn claims. The decision in Durnell v. Monsanto found that pesticide labels approved under federal law cannot...

Year-round E15 and farm aid included in Iran supplemental request

Year-round E15 and farm aid included in Iran supplemental request

In a major breakthrough for U.S. agriculture, President Trump has included year-round E15 and billions of dollars in new farm aid in his Iran war supplemental request to Congress. The almost $88 billion war request was signed by Trump’s budget director Russel Vought...

USMCA review begins July 1 with an uncertain future

USMCA review begins July 1 with an uncertain future

Mexico and Canada, two of the three USMCA nations, have said they want this collaboration to continue, unlike U.S. President Donald Trump. President Trump, speaking to reporters at the June G7 meeting in France, seemed unconvinced about continuing this collaboration....

Iowa response limits pseudorabies trade impacts

Iowa response limits pseudorabies trade impacts

Iowa's response to a recent pseudorabies case demonstrated how established animal health protocols can protect both livestock and export markets. The virus was detected in a small commercial swine herd after pigs that had previously been housed in Texas were moved...

Premium opportunities for row crop markets

Premium opportunities for row crop markets

Unlike commodity crops, farmers growing premium crops can demand higher prices, with some of them being hard to grow, while others are not. Kelsey Graber, the product line manager for specialty corn at Clarkson Grain in Illinois, highlights the fact that despite...

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Next week’s heat dome could stress Iowa crops

Next week’s heat dome could stress Iowa crops

We’re roughly halfway through the growing season here in Iowa, and there are varying crop conditions across the state. Much of the crop looks very strong currently, but there are some areas struggling with disease, pest, and weather issues. Dan Bjorklund, technical...