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Iowa 4-H youth development receives $50,000 grant from Iowa Total Care
Iowa 4-H Youth Development today announced the receipt of a $50,000 grant from Iowa Total Care, a provider of Medicaid healthcare coverage in Iowa and a Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC). The grant will support early literacy skill development in all Iowa counties. This grant and collaboration with Iowa Total Care expands Iowa 4-H Clover Kids K-3rd grade programming to include new literacy resources connecting youth health and wellness concepts, while promoting childhood reading. These...
PFI looking to help farmers seed cover crops this fall
Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is looking to financially support farmers who are seeding cover crops this fall. In 2022 alone, PFI paid over 1,100 farmers over $3.1 million total to seed cover crops. Morgan Jennings, PFI’s field crops viability coordinator, said the...
Propane supply in good shape heading into winter
Dan Pannier, propane operations manager with GROWMARK, tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network that the propane industry has been able to rebuild its national inventory in 2023. In just the past week, however, Pannier says demand has started to increase. Pannier...
HPAI case confirmed in Kossuth County
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Kossuth County. The affected...
Unveiling the “Blue Taps = Blue Water” program to improve water quality
A big announcement providing more funding to help improve Iowa's water quality out in the countryside. It's partnership between the Iowa Agricultural Water Alliance and West Okoboji brewing, one of the most popular craft breweries in the state. Called the Blue Taps...
Could we see a reduction in pork production?
Pork producers have had a very tough year when it comes to the prices they've been getting paid for their products. The oversupply issue we saw come out of the 2020 pandemic really hasn't settled down too much. Recently, Rabobank looked at some data that shows we...
South American Weather and Crop Update (11-7-23)
Some nice weekend rains helped to alleviate some of the drought pressure in South America. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the current weather patterns in Brazil and Argentina. However, McBride said they don’t have as much faith in the...
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Smallest drought area since 2020
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported a sizable drop in drought areas around the U.S. “After wet weather and an early spring across much of the country, drought has decreased to around 18 percent of the U.S. by the end of March, down from 20...
FBN hits major milestone in operating lines financed
Dan English, the general manager of FBN finance, tells the IARN that Farmers Business Network recently eclipsed the $1 billion dollar mark in operating lines financed. English says the $1 billion dollar figure shows a level of trust and confidence between farmers and...
Landus bringing modern data management solutions to farmers
From its beginnings in a basement in Ralston to its current home in downtown Des Moines with the Innovation Connector, Landus has seen a lot of change over the past few years. This coincides with the changes that we’ve seen in the ag industry too, and one of those big...
AFBF collaborates with Farmers Union on FMMO modernization
April 1 was the post-hearing deadline for interested parties to submit briefs to the USDA on Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) modernization. Danny Munch, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, gave an update on where the modernization process...
FMC biologics give you year-long nematode protection
Getting off on the right foot is essential in everything that we do. This is no different in the planting season, and it certainly is true in the crop protection arena. We need to make sure that we are starting immediately because those weeds and pests are already...
