New use for soybean oil could spur demand
The chairman of the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) says a newfound use for soybean oil could someday spur major demand. Ron Kindred, who farms in Logan County, says checkoff funded […]
An active pattern continues across the Heartland; cold wave north to build southward
Active weather, with multiple hazards, will continue for the remainder of the week. Notably, snow currently falling from the central Plains into the western Corn Belt will spread northeastward, reaching […]
Iowa Senate approves ‘Taylor Swift’ bill about scalper bots
The Iowa Senate has unanimously voted to make it illegal to use computer “bots” that are programmed to buy big bunches of tickets to concerts, plays and sporting events in […]
Illinois suspends poultry sales and exhibitions
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has issued a 30-day suspension on the exhibition or sale of poultry at swap meets, exhibitions, flea markets, and auction markets in response to […]
Managing weeds with cover crops requires a lot of biomass
A soybean researcher says cover crops can be another mode of action for controlling weeds, but it will take a lot of biomass. Shawn Conley says University of Wisconsin research […]
‘Anti-doxxing’ bill clears initial review in Iowa House
A subcommittee in the Iowa House has approved an “anti-doxxing” bill, to make it a crime to try to intimidate or harass someone by posting their address or other personal […]
Anti-doxxing bill clears initial review in Iowa House
A subcommittee in the Iowa House has approved an “anti-doxxing” bill, to make it a crime to try to intimidate or harass someone by posting their address or other personal […]
GPAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Athletes-of-the-Week
Braden Kalvelage from Northwestern College is this week’s field athlete-of-the-week. Kalvelage, a junior from Hastings, Nebraska, became the new NAIA leader in the long jump with a leap of 7.49m […]
Bitter, cold wave pattern on the northern Plains; mid-Winter storminess across the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, snow is rapidly overspreading areas west of the Mississippi River, extending as far north as Nebraska and Iowa, while frigid, mostly dry weather prevails in Minnesota […]
New Bayer Product Launching Soon
Convintro herbicide will target tough-to-control weeds such as water hemp and palmer amaranth. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Jody Gander, the technical manager for crop protection at Bayer […]
