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.
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.
Throughout a farmer’s day, farm radio can provide the soundtrack — a flow of information absorbed as the farmer fixes fence, hauls cattle to market or puts in a long day in the field during spring planting.
Iowa Ag Weather Forecast for May 10 by Ryan Martin
Editor’s note: The following was written by Sydney Vanderhoff, Madison Kovarna and Addie Womack, South Dakota State University Extension beef nutrition field specialists, for the university’s website May 1.
Throughout a farmer’s day, farm radio can provide the soundtrack — a flow of information absorbed as the farmer fixes fence, hauls cattle to market or puts in a long day in the field during spring planting.
Iowa Ag Weather Forecast for May 10 by Ryan Martin
Recent reports of the first documented case of the H5N1 virus passing from birds to cows — and then from a cow to a person — have generated a lot of press in an age of worry about diseases “spilling over” from wildlife to agricultural animals and humans.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Sydney Vanderhoff, Madison Kovarna and Addie Womack, South Dakota State University Extension beef nutrition field specialists, for the university’s website May 1.
HASTINGS, Iowa — Tina Bakehouse loves life on the farm, but she also enjoys her close proximity to metropolitan Omaha.
Randy Miller of Miller Radio Group thinks farm radio is important mainly because agriculture is the largest industry in all the counties his radio stations serve.
There has been a common theme among growers and researchers at harvest time in recent years — resiliency.
Weather conditions are having an effect on crops domestically and overseas.
Beef prices and finished cattle prices may not fully follow their seasonal tendencies in the months ahead as markets sort through the available information, said University of Tennessee ag economist Andrew Griffith.
Congressional approval of a new farm bill is still on hold as I write this in mid-April 2024. The delay is keeping farmers on edge, along with the people who administer USDA programs concerning crop insurance, supplemental nutrition programs, the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, and…
Craig Moss and his wife Hayley farm near Hull with their two sons, Merritt, 12, and McCoy, 9. They are part of a family farming operation with Craig's parents, Arlan and Ruth Moss. The family feeds cattle and finishes hogs in addition to growing corn, soybeans, oats and some cover crops. Cor…
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.
Dan Furlin and his wife Martha farm near Numa. They have a 90-head cow-calf operation and grow corn, beans and hay. Their two adult children, A.J. and Danielle, also help around the farm when needed. The family also does some custom harvest work. Both Dan and Martha are active in several org…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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