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60 Choose Iowa members to welcome guests for the Choose Iowa farm open house
Sixty Choose Iowa members from across Iowa will welcome guests on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 13 and 14, for the first ever Choose Iowa Farm Open House. Interactive Map: All Statewide Stops Iowans and tourists visiting our state are invited to discover the state’s rich agricultural heritage. Take free barn tours, support local farms and small businesses with purchases of Iowa food, beverages, and ag products, and enjoy fun and authentic agritourism experiences, including pumpkin patches, apple...
USDA opens Emergency Haying & Grazing of CRP in parts of Iowa
The drought has been no joke again this year. It seems that unless we have a flood, parts of Iowa are in desperate need of rain. Because of the length of time certain counties have spent in D2 drought, and the return of D3 drought in parts of the state, the United...
North American monarch butterfly enters endangered status
Last month, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classified the migratory North American monarch butterfly as endangered. This decision comes after estimates showed that there?s been a 22-72% decline in adult monarchs over the past decade. The...
Corteva?s Resicore XL available for farmers in 2023
With more weeds starting to become resistant to many herbicides and the application time is minimal, Corteva has worked diligently to produce an herbicide with less weed resistance, a longer application period, and overall, a better reliability for farmers.U.S....
Secretary Naig talks about Iowa?s dry conditions
As I start work on this story, we are waiting for the start of yet another heat advisory. While this week?s forecast has turned out not to be quite as hot as first thought, we will still be roasting. The next couple of days are going to bring a lot of stress to crops,...
Farm lending & interest rates rise in the second quarter
Larger loans continued to boost lending activity in the second quarter of 2022 while farm loan interest rates edged higher. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says the volume of non-real estate agricultural loans grew steadily alongside an increase in the number...
What does the future of U.S. made semiconductors look like? (Part 2)
Yesterday, we talked with Kip Eideberg of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers about the CHIPS Act which is cutting down on our reliance on foreign-made semiconductor chips. Many of these come from China, and the recent supply chain issues have put a huge dent...
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SHIC and NPB collaborating for swine health
Protecting the health of the U.S. swine herd through disease monitoring and research is a goal of the National Pork Board (NPB) and the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC). Dr. Paul Sundberg with SHIC said the program was started back in 2015 using Pork Checkoff...
Commodity brokerage firm predicts corn and soybean planted acres
A farmer survey by commodity brokerage firm Allendale says America?s farmers are expected to plant 90.41 million acres of corn and 87.76 million acres of soybeans this year. Those projected corn planting acres would be below the USDA?s Outlook Forum forecast of 91...
Auctioneering is much more than just a fast cadence
Whether it was for livestock, cars, or even a farm sale, most of us have been to an auction at some point in our lives. Of course, the most important part of the auction is the auctioneer. It?s easy to think that a good auctioneer can just talk really fast, but...
FBN helping farmers secure lower input prices
2022 was a year of high input costs and price volatility. Supply chain disruptions from the Covid 19 pandemic, labor shortages, and the war in Ukraine created many logistical problems that led to higher prices. Farmers Business Network co-founder Charles Baron says...
John Deere is upgrading their in-cab precision tools
Precision ag is taking over the industry in many ways. Prescriptive spraying, variable rates, autonomous tractors, and much more. The best way to get the largest return on investment is to make a custom plan for each and every acre in your field.Of course, all of that...
