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Biologicals can give your crops another advantage during the growing season
While last year brought its own unique crop challenges, it did provide an opportunity to learn more about the genetics and treatments farmers use for their corn and soybean seeds. Whether it was disease pressure or heat stress, certain treatments allowed crops to handle those challenges better than others. Ryan Schnoes with Pioneer said NEXTA biologicals helped their corn and soybean lines be more resilient in 2025. Schnoes said the NEXTA Speedbox also gives farmers another leg up on corn...
Iowa weather now shifting to a cooler pattern
There?s certainly been a lot to talk about with the weather in Iowa recently, as it seems like a different season every few days. But while the temperatures are providing a lot of buzz, the drought monitor has been pretty quiet. That can be seen as a good thing,...
New Iowa FFA Officer Team elected at state convention
The Iowa FFA Leadership Conference was held at Hilton Coliseum in Ames on April 16-18, 2023. The new Iowa FFA Officer team was elected and announced.Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, and living to serve. These nine leaders will live out their year of...
AFBF?s Ag Innovation Challenge deadline is May 12
The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, is reminding entrepreneurs to apply for the 2024 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge by May 12. Chase Hieneman, director of industry relations at AFBF, said there are many reasons for entrepreneurs...
Ernst wants to see the Farm Bill titles gotten right
The Farm Bill negotiations and hearings are going on, and the largest piece of food and agriculture legislation is being shaped. During my trip to Washington, D.C., I had the chance to meet with Iowa Senator Joni Ernst to talk about several important agriculture...
South American Weather and Crop Update (4-18-23)
It?s still a slow time for weather news down in South America. Brazil is looking to get some very nice rains, and you can probably guess what Argentina is like based on our previous conversations. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest...
A better way to deliver plant nutrition
Even after going through all the hard work of applying nitrogen fertilizer to your fields, it doesn?t guarantee that your crops will receive all the benefits from your fertilizer application. A lot of the fertilizer that has been applied will volatilize, leach away,...
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World events are always influencing the fertilizer marketplace
Events halfway across the world affect the fertilizer marketplace even here at home. The knock-on effect from conflicts, weather events, and government policy can drastically change the price that Iowa’s farmers pay for fertilizer. The recent conflict in the middle...
Groups express concern about disaster relief changes
The National Corn Growers and 16 state-affiliated associations joined more than 140 allied national, regional, and state commodity organizations opposing changes to USDA disaster relief. The groups sent a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack relaying their concerns with...
Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency
Continuing to improve! One of the great things about Iowa Agriculture is we're always looking at how we can do things better and we're getting great help. On Thanksgiving, we have a lot to be thankful for, including the companies who are helping us out like UPL on...
Chief Ag Negotiator talks about the strength of our trade situation
As we have talked about in great detail, exports are an essential part of our agriculture industry. We truly feed the world and we need to have good trade relationships to do that. That is why we rely on the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the team there....
South American Weather and Crop Update (11-21-23)
The markets are homing in on weather issues in northern Brazil. Continued dryness in the region is raising alarms on the upcoming crop. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest weather conditions in South America. McBride said there are...
