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Rising prices impacting consumer choices
A recent survey about consumer buying trends shows that rising prices are affecting consumer’s choices when purchasing food. The survey was conducted by the Stratovation Group in partnership with food and agriculture communications agency Inspire. Kenny Kuhn is vice-president of insights at Stratovation and he says that a majority of respondents say pricing has impacted their food buying choices. Kuhn details which food categories have been impacted by consumers cutting back. Mace Thornton, a...
Technology extends to all areas of the farm
Precision agriculture technology is a part of almost every segment of a farming operation in 2023. From seed population meters to spot spraying with drones, technology has made farmers more efficient and offered more tools on the farm than ever before. That...
Benefits of saturated buffers for farmers
Now’s the time to be thinking about adding an environmentally friendly practice to your operation. There are quite a few out there and we learn about one that comes with 100% cost share. Saturated Buffers were on display at a Practical Farmers of Iowa Field Day...
July beef exports experience slow month as pork continues to grow
Building on a robust first-half performance, July exports of U.S. pork continued to outpace year-ago levels, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). July pork exports totaled 219,014 metric tons (mt), up 5%...
August rainfall provides inflow to the Missouri river system
Rainfall in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was above normal during August, resulting in above-average runoff. However, because of drier-than-normal conditions in previous years, total storage in the Missouri River reservoir system remains lower than...
Farmers remain optimistic about 2024
Many of us are too young to remember or know who the humorist Will Rogers was. However, there is one thing he said that rings true with agriculture producers around the world. “The farmer has to be an optimist otherwise he still wouldn’t be a farmer.” That phrase has...
New soybean fungicide seed treatment boosts farmers confidence and performance
A fungicide seed treatment featuring three distinct modes of action gives farmers expanded yield potential and disease and insect protection all in one product. That is what farmers now have at their disposal with the new LumiTreo fungicide seed treatment from Corteva...
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Navigating to Farm Progress Show in 2024 just got easier
Each year the Farm Progress Show changes locations from Decatur Illinois to the show site in Boone Iowa, with Illinois hosting in odd-numbered years and Iowa in even-numbered years. The Farm Progress Show returns to Boone this August and will be held Tuesday August...
Celebrating Agriculture in Eastern Iowa
The vital role all involved in eastern Iowa agriculture play in regard to creating an affordable, safe and reliable food supply and driving local economies on display recently at the Jones County Beef Banquet. Each year for the past 85 years, the Eastern Iowa...
NPPC applauds USDA purchase of more pork for nutrition programs
Using funds from its Commodity Credit Corporation, the Department of Agriculture is purchasing an additional 33.5 million pounds of pork — worth more than $78.6 million — for distribution to various food nutrition and assistance programs. Earlier this year, USDA...
FMC Adastrio™ Fungicide offers three modes of action
Crop protection is a bigger business than the crops themselves. We are dependent on nothing more throughout the growing season. We worry about yield robbers like pests and weeds. Those other life forms survive by targeting our crops, and therefore our profits. And...
Iowa Pork makes donation for “Sack Hunger” campaign
On Tuesday, March 19th, the first day of spring and National Ag Day, the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) donated 4,200 pounds of ground pork to the Food Bank of Iowa in Des Moines. This donation was made in conjunction with the “Sack Hunger” partnership with...
