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.
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 …
Nathan White farms with family in Ray and Carroll counties near Norborne, where they grow soybeans and corn and raise beef cattle. He graduated from the University of Missouri. He serves on the board for the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, on the board for the Norborne Soybean Festiv…
Derek Fuemmeler has been farming with family all his life. He farms in Chariton, Randolph and Howard counties, with a diversified farm operation. He also works as a certified crop advisor and provides crop consulting services.
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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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.
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.