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Iowa Ag Week focuses on value and communication
Today marks National Ag Day, falling during Iowa Agriculture Week, a time dedicated to recognizing the farmers and agricultural professionals who help feed, fuel, and clothe the world. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says the week is not only about appreciation, but also about education and connection. “Everyone benefits from a strong and growing agriculture,” Naig said. “It’s a time to really promote the fact with non-farmers that agriculture impacts all of us.” Naig says questions...
Using ?goatscaping? for brush management
Brush management can be a difficult and somewhat dangerous job for landowners, especially if that land is uneven. It also requires a lot of inputs like herbicides, which can also cause weeds to become resistant and make the problem even worse. You?d think that grazing...
Trish Cook is first woman to lead IPPA
The Iowa Pork Producers Association held its annual meetings at the Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines last week and Buchanan County pig farmer Trish Cook was officially named the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association.Cook is the first woman to lead the...
Cattle Industry Convention featuring updates on global U.S. beef demand
Thousands of cattle producers are headed to New Orleans this week for the Cattle Industry Annual Convention. U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom said they'll have opportunities to learn how their Beef Checkoff investments have helped drive...
Spring Planting Survey shows farmers adjusting to markets & input prices
As we get ready to get going on the 2023 growing season, the biggest question people want to be answered is what do farmers intend to plant. It sets the tone in the markets. It tells the rest of the global marketplace what we hope to have available, and it informs...
Energy department allocates $118 million to biofuel projects
Late last week, the Department of Energy announced $118 million in funding to help expand U.S. biofuel production. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says the funds will undoubtedly accelerate the innovations taking place at U.S. ethanol plants. ?It will open many new...
Providing carbon credit opportunities for livestock producers
Most people think of row crop opportunities when they talk about carbon credits, but there are opportunities for livestock producers who own land as well. The folks at Graze Master Group saw this potential and partnered with Agoro Carbon to offer some carbon credit...
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Ag industry leaders examine markets in Korea and Japan
A team of about 20 representatives of the beef, pork, corn, and soybean industries traveled to South Korea and Japan last week with the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Heartland team to examine how checkoff dollars are being used to promote U.S. beef and pork in...
Founders of Hidden Falls LLC receive PFI’s 2023 Farmland Owner Legacy Award
Practical Farmers of Iowa has awarded the 2023 Farmland Owner Legacy Award to the founding members of Hidden Falls LLC, for their efforts to create land access for beginning farmers while protecting ecologically sensitive land. The award was presented on Sunday, Sept....
Iowa meat has never been better
It's never been better- the taste and quality of Iowa's homegrown beef products and the job being done by our wonderful independent cattle producers. The strides we are seeing on Iowa’s cattle farms are not by accident though as the groundwork has been laid for a lot...
Farmers face higher diesel prices for harvest
Input costs are limiting the profits for farmers when you compare them against the higher grain prices we have been enjoying. When these prices were increasing a few years ago, farmers knew that the high-profit margins were going to be short-lived. Many farmers we...
Encouraging conversations on carbon pipelines
Conversations about the pros and cons of carbon capture pipelines and other carbon technologies are very much ongoing, and many of those conversations have a lot of emotion involved. Joe Heinrich, executive director of the Smart Carbon Network, said there are...
