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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...
Congresswoman Hinson calls for nationwide waiver for biofuels
Not since 2008 have fuel prices been this high, and we have surpassed the records set fourteen years ago. The hit to the wallets of Americans is staggering, especially at a time when we are seeing high inflation on the costs for all our necessities, including food....
U.S. Export Sales Report (3-17-22)
This week?s U.S. Export Sales Report was positive overall. Allendale?s Director of Brokerage Mike Lung said corn exports exceeded expectations, while soybeans came within expectations.?Corn beat expectations, coming in at 2,040- the high end was 1,600- and soybeans...
Heads Up helping producers combat white mold and SDS
Heads Up Plant Protectants is making sure farmers have another tool in the toolbox when it comes to battling sudden death syndrome and white mold.Colin Dutcheshen, vice president of Heads Up Plant Protectants, says their Canadian-based family company manufactures...
National Ag Day to be celebrated March 22nd
People across the country will be recognizing and celebrating the importance of agriculture next week.National Ag Day takes place Tuesday and is celebrated every March during National Ag Week. The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) hosts the campaign on a national...
USDA NASS to livestream agricultural data briefings
On March 30, USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will livestream the Secretary of Agriculture?s data report briefing for the first time. This and future Secretary data briefings will stream on NASS?s YouTube channel five minutes after NASS reports...
Challenges on the horizon for ag in 2022, 2023, & 2024
When you come off a string of growing seasons that have seen significant challenges, the last thing you want to do is think about the challenges that await you in the coming growing seasons. Now, just because it is the last thing many of us want to think about,...
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Omnibus bill included pesticide registration improvement act
The recently-passed omnibus spending legislation contained the reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, something important to CropLife America. The organization says it will strengthen and improve the Environmental Protection Agency?s pesticide...
U.S. beef exports set record in 2022 while pork rebounded
America?s beef exports will set a record in 2022 as sales totals are expected to reach $12 billion when all shipments are tallied. While demand growth in China played a significant part, U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom said the U.S. beef...
LG Seeds agronomist talks 2023 preparations
In the state of Iowa, Mother Nature gave us an interesting year. You either saw the right amount of rain, more rain than you needed, or you looked at pictures of rain because that was all you had. No matter what we dealt with, that means we will have crop protection...
AFBF listening to farmers for 2023 Farm Bill
When it comes to the 2023 Farm Bill, there?s one thing that farmers have been vocal about: don?t fix what isn?t broken. American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Economist Danny Munch said that many of the previously established programs have worked well for farmers, so...
December hogs and pigs report shows lower inventory
The December Hogs and Pigs report shows numbers lower than expected for inventory. However, the report provided a surprise with an increase in breeding herd numbers for the first time in two-and-a-half years.That is Iowa State University livestock economist Dr. Lee...
