USDA lowers U.S. wheat ending stocks slightly
The USDA has tightened the domestic balance sheet for wheat, while leaving corn and soybeans unchanged. U.S. wheat ending stocks are seen at 794 million bushels, down 4 million from […]
USAID funding freeze to shutter Soybean Innovation Lab
The director of the Soybean Innovation Lab says the Trump administration’s decision to cease funding for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) projects will hurt soybean farmers. Peter Goldsmith says […]
News or lore: you decide
Commentary. The groundhog saw its shadow on the second day of February, so we are all supposed to buckle up and get ready for six more weeks of winter. Have […]
Dordt’s Van Donge named GPAC women’s basketball player of the week

Janie Van Donge of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports women’s basketball offensive player-of-the-week. Van Donge, a senior from Hospers, Iowa, made the most of her chances from […]
GPAC men’s basketball players of the week

Luke Rankin of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports men’s basketball offensive player-of-the-week. Rankin, a senior from Grimes, Iowa, was efficient on offense in a pair of Dordt […]
Weed specialist says kochia could be problematic for spring planting
A Kansas State University weed specialist says farmers should keep an eye out for the emergence of kochia, an invasive summer annual that can lead to reduced crop yields. Sarah […]
Episode 47 – Write It Down

In part two of the Cognitive Behavorial Therapy series, Katie Vander Zwaag from Creative Living Center talks about how writing things down can help.
Crushing Michigan Soybeans
In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear from Michigan’s largest soybean processor on how the state’s crush capacity has grown. Jeff Johnston with Zeeland Farm Services discusses what happens inside […]
The Importance of Growing Demand Abroad
The U.S. Meat Export Federation is a contractor to the national Beef Checkoff and works to promote and market U.S. products to countries around the globe. In this episode, Bill […]
Plan would let out of state UNI students pay in-state tuition
Governor Kim Reynolds is backing a plan to charge students from the six states that surround Iowa the same, lower tuition rate Iowa residents pay at the University of Northern […]