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449 Century and Heritage Farm families honored at the 2025 Iowa State Fair
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Brent Johnson honored 449 Iowa farm families with Century or Heritage Farm designations at the 2025 Iowa State Fair. The program celebrates farms that have been owned by the same families for 100 and 150 years, respectively. This year, 246 Century Farms and 203 Heritage Farms were recognized during ceremonies in the historic livestock pavilion on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. To date, more than 21,000 Century...
Senator Ernst wants clarification on Biden?s 30×30 plan
If you are not familiar with the Biden Administration?s 30x30 plan, it calls for having 30% of American land in conservation by 2030. While it sounds noble, and protecting land is a good way to help our environment, there isn?t a whole lot of clarity of just where...
Record soybean crop & high exports predicted by USDA
In this month?s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA put out a big estimate for soybeans. They estimated that the United States will produce a record number of soybeans in 2022. While that is good news, it is still just an estimate....
Pre-plans help firefighters at your farm during emergencies
Nobody wants to think about what could happen if there was a fire on the farm. It isn?t a very pleasant situation to have to deal with. However, if you do talk about it now and put some plans in place, it can help firefighters mitigate the damage that comes from...
Rep. Feenstra talks Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act
It?s tough to market any product, but, in recent years, it has become even more difficult for beef producers since they have to compete with the Big 4 meat packers. You just can?t expect the average producer to be able to keep up with huge, multi-million-dollar...
Agronomy Week celebrates connection between farming and baseball
Now in its sixth year, Agronomy Week recognizes the important role played by agronomists, seed dealers and other crop professionals in helping farmers maximize performance in the field. All farmers, regardless of the seed brand they plant, are invited to participate...
Tightening stock numbers have markets concerned
It feels like we have the words ?tight stocks? on a recorded loop every week when we talk to analysts. The truth of the matter is there are concerns about having enough supply to feed the world. These concerns are being fueled by weather and geopolitical factors.The...
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Figuring out what?s next for the Farm Workforce Modernization Act
Another year, another Congress following a year without Senate passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. For some, that?s a hard pill to swallow. Before the year-end break last month, U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse sounded cautiously optimistic. With a new...
U.S. Export Sales Report (1-13-23)
Yesterday?s WASDE report overshadowed the U.S. Export Sales Report, but that can be seen as a good thing. The report was bearish, but the markets ignored that as they focused on a surprisingly bullish WASDE. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown...
Helping plants reach their full genetic potential with Novozymes
Novozymes is a biotechnology company that uses biotech solutions to help plants maximize their growth.Jason Ward, national sales director for Novozymes, says that in 2022 the EPA gave Novozymes the go ahead for a new active ingredient that acts as a plant growth...
Top market issues to watch in 2023
The number one priority for farmers is feeding the world. Unfortunately, the number of people who are food insecure worldwide is on the rise.During a panel discussion at the recent American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention in Puerto Rico, AFBF Chief Economist...
Total household income up for commercial farms
From 2015 to 2021, the median total household income for commercial U.S. farms rose an estimated 16 percent, to $278,339 from $238,994. Commercial farms earn more than $350,000 gross cash farm income regardless of the principal operator?s occupation. USDA?s Economic...
