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Choose Iowa kitchen demonstrations highlight local foods and culinary professionals at the 2025 ISF
Choose Iowa will present free cooking demonstrations and food presentations daily at 1 p.m. in The Kitchen inside the Maytag Family Theatre Building throughout the 2025 Iowa State Fair. The Kitchen is located on the Grand Concourse between the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) building and the Barksdale’s State Fair Cookies building. Lamb and The Home Garden Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at 1:00 p.m Featured Presenters: Executive Chef Ian Robertson of Oak Park Restaurant (Des Moines); Mike...
Iowa Cattle Industry Leadership Summit convenes in Altoona
Iowa?s leading cattle producers are meeting in Altoona this week as part of the 2021 Iowa Cattle Industry Leadership Summit.Bob Noble, the new president of the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association, says the event focuses on networking, education, policy, and challenges facing...
AEM applauds infrastructure bill and looks forward to 2022
Earlier this year, I spoke with Kip Eideberg, Senior VP for Government and Industry Relations at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), about the importance of getting an infrastructure bill through Congress and on to President Biden?s desk. We talked about...
Iowa farmland values up 29%
After several years of modest gains and losses, the average value of an acre of Iowa farmland skyrocketed 29% in 2021. The nominal value of an acre of farmland is now higher than at any point since Iowa State University began surveying values in 1941 and is 12% higher...
Increasing profitability potential with Advanced Acre Rx
NAFB Trade Talk Audio: Winfield United Full Interview - Jason NelsonThe team at Winfield United recently attended the 2021 NAFB Convention in Kansas City to tout the benefits of its Advanced Acre Rx program.Jason Nelson, Winfield United field services sales manager,...
Report: Farmers embrace water quality partnerships
Farmers appreciate partnerships that protect water quality, according to a new report from the Agricultural Nutrient Policy Council.Farm Bureau?s Laura Lurkins serves as president of the council, and says the report highlights the conservation work of farmers and...
Kentucky will need help, but damage is still being assessed
Over the past weekend, Mother Nature continued to show us that she has power. No matter what time of year it is, she can wield that power any way she wants to. Unless you have been living under a rock, you have seen the storm damage that happened from Arkansas all the...
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Closing Market Podcast- Bill Moore PRICE Futures Group- 10-3-22
Riley Smith talks with Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group.
The importance of even emergence with Precision Planting (Part 2)
(Part 1 of this story from Friday)Carl Dodge is an eastern Iowa farmer who has been using Precision Planting products for many years and has recently become a brand ambassador for the company who gets to try their new products.Carl has a YouTube channel, and he enjoys...
Exports continue to add value to the U.S. red meat market
U.S red meat exports continue to post solid numbers. Erin Borror, an economist with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, said exports will continue adding value to producers? bottom lines at the Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City.?The value story, on the beef side, our...
Finalists named for 2022 Iowa’s best pork tenderloin contest
Finalists Named for 2022 Iowa's Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest(Clive, Iowa) October 3, 2022 ? For two decades, Iowa?s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest has been drawing attention from connoisseurs near and far. After all, the coveted title is not just given...
Ethanol?s future with EPA now calling the shots
As per the terms of the legislative Acts which created and extended the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), Congress no longer has the power to set the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) that dictate how many gallons of biofuels need to be blended each year. That number...
