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IDALS to host Iowa State Fair ceremonies
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will host three award ceremonies this week celebrating and commemorating Iowa agriculture as part of the 2025 Iowa State Fair. Each of the three ceremonies is open to the media, and the public is invited to attend. The details are as follows: Choose Iowa Coloring Calendar Recognition Ceremony When: Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 10:00 a.m. Where: Agriculture Building, Iowa State Fair Notes: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will recognize 16...
Delaro brands offer disease control options for your operation
Planters are hitting the fields in force across the cornbelt as Mother Nature gave us one day of spring and then moved us straight into summer. Be that as it may, now is the time to get the crops in the field. It is also the time to be making early plans for how you...
Grassley and Klobuchar lead push for additional HPAI funding
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led their colleagues in a bipartisan push for more funding to help address the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak. As of Friday, the HPAI outbreak...
South American Weather and Crop Update (5-10-22)
The dry weather has decided to stick around in South America. This is not so great for Brazil?s safrinha crop corn, but it is helping with harvest progress. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said the weather right now is a bit of a double-edged sword.Due to its...
Horse owners need to have more horse sense about meds
While we don?t see horses doing the fieldwork like in the days of our older generations, they are still found on many farms across the Midwest. Known for their companionship and the joy they bring riders, they are also at the center of the collective attention of...
Data shows March was strong for pork exports
The recently released data from March?s pork exports is showing the best numbers so far for this year. In fact, it was just short of the record in March of 2021. This has been achieved with higher costs of pork products. This is no small hurdle to overcome, that is...
You’ve decided to do carbon-smart farming. Now what?
We have been discussing opportunities in conservation farming and carbon-smart practices for quite some time. Many farmers are looking at what their options are for this growing season and beyond. Some of you may be getting the ball rolling this year for the first...
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How to select the right seed for maximum ROI in 2023
When it comes to choosing seed for the 2023 growing season, you need to be sharply focused on one thing and that is ROI. That?s according to Matt Kirkpatrick, at Farmers Business Network.At Farmers Business Network?s Farmer 2 Farmer conference in December Matt...
WOTUS and 2023 Farm Bill at top of priorities for Congress this year
This year is very important for agriculture, as it is finally time for the next Farm Bill. We also have important issues like the new WOTUS rules and biofuels policies to consider as well. But before any of that can happen, Congress needs to elect a Speaker of the...
Sound Ag?s SOURCE? like ?caffeine for microbes?
Fertilizer is a necessity when it comes to growing our crops. We need to ensure we are supplementing the nutrients our plants take out of the soil, so we can replenish what the soil needs to maintain its life. With the high costs of fertilizer jeopardizing how we do...
Opening Market Podcast – Jim McCormick AgMarket.Net 1-4-23
Weather is putting pressure on the markets from different areas. South American production looks to be up significantly, even if you factor in Argentina's losses. Jim McCormick talks about this and the economic outlook with Dustin on this morning's Opening Market...
Applications due January 13th for cover crops crop insurance discount program
Secretary Naig reminds farmers to apply for the $5 per acre discount on spring crop insurance premiumsDES MOINES, Iowa (Jan. 3, 2023) ? Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig reminds farmers and landowners who planted cover crops this past fall to apply for the...
