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Saving time on your cattle operation through data and analytics
Time is money for farmers and producers and products that can help simplify data and analytics can save producers time and allow them to keep their operation running smoothly. Dustin Balsley is founder and Chief Operating Officer of Performance Livestock Analytics and he tells Iowa Ag Radio about a digital tool that helps catalog data every day for feedlot producers. After inputting data, Performance Beef provides the playbook to producers with answers for their operation. Balsley says...
Secretary Naig launches Choose Iowa food purchasing pilot program for schools
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced the launch of the Choose Iowa Food Purchasing Program for Schools. The pilot program aims to connect Iowa schools with Choose Iowa members to encourage school food service programs to buy more ingredients and...
EPA backlog puts U.S. agricultural innovation at risk, says Syngenta
The agricultural community has grown increasingly frustrated with the Biden Administration’s EPA, as a backlog of critical rulings has left essential technologies and tools in limbo. Farmers and producers have been waiting for decisive action to address regulatory...
Valent looking forward to launching new herbicide next year
As weeds become more and more resistant to herbicides over the years, it’s important to diversify our options and increase our herbicide stewardship. Valent is looking forward to launching Rapidicil herbicides, which has shown a great ability to combat major weeds...
More changes to beneficial ownership filing requirement
Farmers and ranchers who have been following the changes to beneficial ownership filing requirements may soon have a final decision and possibly some relief. Dustin Sherer, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the Financial...
NASDA remains focused on new farm bill
With tariffs and trade news dominating the ag headlines in recent weeks it might feel like the passage of a new five-year farm bill has been moved to the back burner. However, that is not the case for the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. RJ...
Flows increasing on Missouri River for navigation support
The updated 2025 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average. February runoff in the Basin above Sioux City was one million acre-feet, 91 percent of the average. “Runoff in the reservoir system was...
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Map the Meal Gap study shows that food insecurity continues to increase
Many people underestimate the prevalence of food insecurity. Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap study shows that food insecurity has increased in every county in Iowa and impacts 385,130 Iowans- over 120,000 of which are children. That’s 12% of Iowans and 16.6%...
Planting window has been wide open in Southwest Iowa
Aside from a few storms earlier this spring, the weather has been mostly wide open for planting season. With most of the crops planted at this point, farmers are now waiting for some timely rains. Southwest Iowa Beck’s Agronomist Nate Meyer said the planting window...
Outlook for summer and fall weather
The past week of weather in Iowa has felt more like July than May. The warm and dry conditions have allowed farmers to move quickly with planting, but the heat has some questioning if it is still spring. With abnormal warmth in mid-May, what do the summer and fall...
SAF Coalition commends House Ways and Means Committee for advancing 45Z extension
Today, the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Coalition’s Executive Director, Alison Graab, issued the following statement in response to the House Ways and Means Committee’s inclusion of a 45Z extension in its budget reconciliation markup. “Sustainable aviation fuel...
Ernst: keep food policy off Rodeo Drive
It’s been more than two years since California’s Proposition 12 took effect, and pork producers across the country are still grappling with its consequences. The law has done little to improve animal welfare, critics say, but has created significant financial strain,...
