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2025 Iowa Teacher of the Year has roots in agriculture
One of Iowa’s top leaders in ag education was recognized as the 2025 Iowa Teacher of the Year. Melanie Bloom, who has been teaching agriculture at Sioux Central Community School District in Sioux Rapids for 16 years, was announced as the recipient of the award last December by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education. Stopping by the IARN Broadcast Shed at the Iowa State Fair, Bloom said she has deep roots in agriculture. As new generations are born further removed from...
New House Bill addresses farm input costs & regulatory burdens
A bill that supporters say would protect and promote American agriculture by reversing regulatory barriers to domestic production has been introduced to the House.U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse says the House Bill 8069, known as the Reducing Farm Input Costs and...
Iowa?s Region 8 crop update
Unlike some other parts of Iowa, the weather seems to be on the farmers side in East Central Iowa. It?s not every day that you see the weather giving some of us rain in a timely matter, but of course mother nature can?t be seen giving only some of Iowa the good...
USDA: cost of a home-grilled cheeseburger up 21 cents from 2021
Home-grilled cheeseburgers, a summer cookout staple, will cost consumers more this Independence Day weekend. USDA?s Economic Research Service says the ingredients for a home-prepared 1/4-pound cheeseburger totaled $2.07 per burger, with ground beef making up the...
FBN offering solutions for livestock producers
From a management perspective, today?s Iowa hog producers face many challenges when it comes to making decisions about nutrition, health, and what makes the most sense from an ROI perspective for their operations. Farmer?s Business Network offers some advice when it...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-30-22)
This week?s report was not great for the grain markets. Corn, soybeans, and wheat all had poor export sales numbers. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said there wasn?t really any good news in this report.Part of the issue with export sales right now is that...
Iowa?s Region 10 crop update
We yet to have a growing season in Iowa where the weather takes it easy on producers. Like the rest of Iowa, Southwest Iowa has taken a major hit to their crops so far in this growing season, but not in a way you would expect. While some of the state is dealing with...
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U.S. Export Sales Report (2-16-22)
Not much to write home about in this week?s export sales. Both corn and soybeans came in within expectations. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of this week?s U.S. Export Sales Report.Flash sales have been pretty quiet recently, but McBride...
EPA proposal seeks reduction in pesticide exposures
The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday announced a proposed rule overturning a Trump-era change related to pesticide applications. The proposal would return pesticide Application Exclusion Zone requirements to the standard set in the 2015 Agricultural Worker...
Rural mainstreet index near growth neutral
Creighton University released its monthly Rural Mainstreet Index Survey on Thursday andCreighton professor and economist Dr. Ernie Goss says that this month?s survey is largely neutral.Goss says that the overall rate is slightly lower than last month. At 50.1, it is...
Still time to respond to the 2022 census of agriculture
Farmers and ranchers still have time to be counted in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, according to USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Although the deadline for submitting the ag census just passed, NASS will continue to accept completed census...
Property rights concerns are understood by proponents of carbon pipelines
As we talk about the carbon pipeline projects that are in the works across the state, we hear a lot of concerns being raised. One of those concerns has to do with property rights and the two most frightening words in Iowa Agriculture, and that is ?eminent domain.?...
