The effort to keep foreign animal disease out of the United States has been intense over the past several years, and similar efforts can be found in other pork-producing nations.
Planting season got off to a quick start across the Midwest with above-average planting pace throughout April. That has been followed by weeks of rain which, while helpful on the Drought Monitor, have caused some delays and could impact the seeds already in the ground.
Rains have been falling around the Midwest, causing delays for many farmers looking to get their crop in, but markets are preparing for impacts those delays may have.
U.S. pork exports remained steady in March, and while those volume numbers stayed similar, the value of pork exports increased slightly, according to an analysis from the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
President Joe Biden’s administration issued long-awaited guidance on the production of green jet fuel, paving the way for U.S. corn ethanol producers to profit from the new market.
It’s early May, and you can feel the pace accelerate. Planters are running. Pastures are greening up fast. And the market for small tractors is in high gear.
Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories on recent winners of the Women Impacting Agriculture award sponsored by Iowa State University Extension.
Chris Lindner, a fifth-generation farmer, lives right on the Iowa border of Illinois and Missouri in Keokuk, running LCL Farms. He manages a trucking company as well as growing corn, soybeans and nearly 200 acres of wheat every season. They also have a cow-calf operation along with raising h…
Kirk Brandt and his wife Lynn farm near Corning with their sons, Austin and Weston. They grow corn, soybeans and hay and run a primarily Angus cattle herd that includes 100 registered Angus cows. The family also uses Hereford and Simmental breeds in their operation. Most of the calving is do…
Ethan Crow runs a diversified crop and livestock farm near Marshalltown, with corn, soybeans, hay and small grains, including oats. He also manages his own cow-calf operation and raises and sells sweet corn. Crow and his wife Maria just welcomed a baby boy, their fourth child.
Lynn Rinderknecht lives near Van Horne with his wife of 50 years, Peggy, and operates a diverse organic farm. He started farming in 1975, began transitioning to organic in 1999 and was fully organic by 2005. He raises corn, soybeans, hay, wheat, oats and flax. He also raises sheep, cattle an…
Carson Glasnapp represents the fourth generation of his family farm in Kossuth County with his wife and two sons. He farms corn and soybeans on his ground along with selling Pioneer seed. He said his life revolves around the kids and agriculture.
Ron Zelle farms in Bremer County, west of Waverly, with his wife Mary Beth. He farms corn, soybeans, oats and hay as well as raising sheep. He is a retired agricultural education teacher in the Nashua-Plainfield school district.
Cale Juergensen and his wife Alyssa farm near Churdan with their two children, Cade, 3, and Josie, 9 months. They farm with Cale’s brother and a neighbor, growing corn as well as commodity and seed beans. They also custom finish hogs for the Audubon-Manning Veterinary Clinic.
President Joe Biden’s administration issued long-awaited guidance on the production of green jet fuel, paving the way for U.S. corn ethanol producers to profit from the new market.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Nick Paulson and Gary Schnitkey with the University of Illinois and Carl Zulauf with Ohio State University for the farmdoc daily website April 30.
It’s early May, and you can feel the pace accelerate. Planters are running. Pastures are greening up fast. And the market for small tractors is in high gear.
Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories on recent winners of the Women Impacting Agriculture award sponsored by Iowa State University Extension.
Farmers know better than anyone that weather conditions come and go, and that the next harvest isn’t promised. Yet, they continue plowing the fields, seeding and growing through it all.
Chances are, if you grew up on a Midwest farm, you were within ear shot of a local radio station that emphasized farm news. It could have been coming from an old, dusty radio in the shop, or the AM station blasting from the car.
In March, livestock auctioneers from across a wide swath of the country came to the Eastern Missouri Commission livestock auction in Bowling Green, Missouri, to compete. It was the first Border Wars Auctioneer Contest, open to auctioneers who work in Missouri or any of the eight states that …
Moisture hasn’t been hard to come by in recent weeks for farmers in the Midwest.
NIANTIC, Ill. — Beyond crops and livestock, farm owners have found creative ways to utilize their land for business opportunities.
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