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Midwest Dairy report shows demand growth
Midwest Dairy’s newly released 2025 Annual Report gives farmers a detailed look at how their checkoff dollars were invested across the ten-state region, with a focus on growing dairy demand, strengthening consumer trust, and supporting future industry leadership. Built around the theme “Make Every Drop Count,” the report outlines measurable results in consumer outreach, retail sales activations, research investments, and leadership development. Midwest Dairy Board Chair Charles Krause says the...
Drier soils will help to absorb Mississippi River flooding
As the snow up north melted, a ton of extra water entered various Midwest waterways. We?ve also had various rainfall events to provide good moisture, but, despite all of that, some areas in Iowa are seeing an expansion of abnormally dry conditions. Iowa State...
Adjusting management practices to increase yields
It is planting season and the management decisions of growers will be put to the test over the course of the growing season. What type of soybeans to plant, when to plant, and a protection plan for those soybeans all will ultimately determine the final yield...
Synchronizing helps to improve reproductive efficiency in cattle
Improving reproductive efficiency in a beef herd can be as easy as one trip through the chute. Dr. Joe Gillespie, professional services veterinarian with Boehringer-Ingelheim, talked about how beef producers can better forecast calving season and related management...
NPPC urges all producers to get engaged
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. We have heard that clich? so much, but we have also seen it happen. The supply chain disruptions during COVID-19 were a shining example of a weak link in the chain. That saying can also apply to being involved and talking...
Farm bill hearing: farmers need a stronger safety net
During a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee hearing Tuesday, a sorghum farmer told lawmakers farmers need a stronger farm safety net. National Sorghum Producers' Past Chairman, Kody Carson of Texas told lawmakers, "Right now, the farm safety net is not adequate." Carson...
South American Weather and Crop Update (5-2-23)
Once again, Argentina is dry while Brazil continues to see fairly favorable weather. While this may not be new news, at least Brazil has been able to mostly wrap up harvest by now. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather...
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Butcher shop program promotes U.S. red meat in Colombia
With support from USDA, the National Pork Board and the Beef Checkoff Program, the U.S. Meat Export Federation helps Colombian butcher shops more effectively merchandise U.S. red meat. USMEF Latin America Representative Homero Recio said the butcher shops play a key...
Confluence of factors has led to frustrating year for hog producers
2023 has not been smooth sailing for anyone in the hog production industry. From increased production costs, to demand factors still affected by the lingering effects of the Covid pandemic, and policy decisions that mandate how hogs are raised there have been a lot of...
What’s real in regard to Iowa Land Values?
Some eye popping sale prices for land in the State of Iowa, no question about that, including a record set above $30,000. Yet what’s the average and how does that impacts most of us in a more realistic situation? Great question, so I asked it of Fallon Savage with...
Lower corn price pressuring farmers
The University of Illinois Farm Policy News website says the price of corn recently hit a three-year low mark. Supplies from Brazil and the U.S. surged while demand stagnated because of the high prices. Corn has traded around $4.50 a bushel recently after reaching...
Bankers are going to bat for farmers over the Farm Bill
A disaster was narrowly averted over the Farm Bill when Congress decided to extend the 2018 for another year. The biggest piece of agriculture and food security legislation is in desperate need of modernizing. Because of this, Congressional members started preparing...
