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Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Awards presented to 40 farm families at the 2025 Iowa State Fair
Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Chris Cournoyer, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, and Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon honored 40 Iowa farm families with the Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award. This prestigious award celebrates farmers and farm families who voluntarily take significant steps to protect and enhance Iowa’s natural resources while also serving as role models in their communities. These families have adopted a variety of proven conservation...
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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Senator Grassley speaks about foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley held his weekly conference call with reporters on Tuesday and spoke about the current state of his bill that would address foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.Grassley was the original author of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure...
Midday Market Podcast- John Heinberg- 10-4-22
The value of the U.S. dollar has lowered and the Mississippi river is also having problems with shipping because of low river levels. Those are some of the topics on today's podcast as Mark Magnuson talks with John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing.
Pork policy top of mind at NPPC Legislative Action Conference
October is pork month in Iowa and across the United States, and there's no better time for us to be talking about the policies that affect pork producers across the country than when the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) recently hosted their legislative action...
Smithfield foods sending 150,000 servings of food for hurricane relief
Smithfield, Va., Oct. 3, 2022 ? Smithfield Foods is sending more than 37,000 pounds of food ? the equivalent of 150,000 servings ? to Fort Myers, Florida, through its Helping Hungry Homes? program in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.The protein will...
NK Seeds Field Forged lineup offers a competitive advantage for producers
With a seemingly infinite number of details to consider, it can be tough to choose which seeds to go with at the beginning of each growing season. But with NK Seeds, farmers no longer have to choose between planting their tried-and-true varieties or innovative...
