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IDALS to host Iowa State Fair ceremonies

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...

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Delaro brands offer disease control options for your operation

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

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)

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

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

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?

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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