The U.S. presidential election is Nov. 5 and agriculture is one of the various topics important to candidates.
AMES, Iowa — Iowans who are cleaning up from the recent bout of storms can find useful resources offered by Iowa State University Extension.
Foreign ownership of land was one of the major topics addressed during the 2024 Iowa legislative session, and lawmakers took action on strengthening Iowa’s policy.
Despite being an ocean apart, many parts of the American and European farming experience are similar.
A survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation showed 88% of Americans trust farmers, but that figure declines when it comes to the trust in agriculture. It wouldn’t be hard to call that a contradiction.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Bank Iowa Ag Index tracks Iowa farmer sentiment on issues related to a range of topics — from the ag economy and labor challenges to the plans they have for the future of their individual farms.
Twenty years ago, major Iowa ag organizations came together to form the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers. Two decades later, that fledgling group continues to be a major voice in support of the state’s livestock industry.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Joe Janzen and Nick Paulson with the University of Illinois for the university’s farmdoc daily website.
Madelynn Wuestenberg serves as agricultural climatologist for Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. This role is 100% Extension, so her time is spent developing resources related to climate and agriculture, providing timely climate or weather updates and studying how climate variabil…
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.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has started testing beef for the presence of avian influenza in states where the virus was detected in dairy cows.
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.
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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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.
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.