Meat export sales up on week
The USDA’s reporting a good week for U.S. meat export sales. Beef and pork sales during the week ending February 13th both saw improvements, with Japan leading the way for […]
Drought concerns ahead of 2025 growing season
A climatologist says he’s concerned about precipitation deficits across the Midwest. Brian Fuchs with the National Drought Mitigation Center says the growing season is rapidly approaching and farmers need more […]
MSU Dairy Farmer of the Year reflects on career
A Michigan dairy farmer says the past year of good prices have helped to catch up on some long-awaited improvements. Tony Jandernoa says it has been more than challenging to […]
IL Beef Expo brings cattle worlds together
A longtime cattle exhibitor says commercial beef producers and show competitors can learn from one another. Kim Carney Rhodes, chair of the 2025 Illinois Beef Expo, says there’s two worlds […]
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The run of bitter cold in Iowa is coming to an end
Our furnaces are going to get a chance to slow down and going outside isn’t going to require multiple layers as we hit a warmup from the sub-zero temperatures and […]
Frigid weather making for difficult calving season
Frigid temperatures have made calving season more difficult for a southeast Nebraska farmer. Logan Bredemeier tells Brownfield cattle have mostly fared well. “This week has been kind of tough on […]
HPAI detected in a commercial turkey facility in Jay County
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected in a commercial turkey facility in Washington County, Indiana. According to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH), more than 18,000 birds will be […]
Source: 55 USDA workers fired from Ames lab doing bird flu vax research
The sweeping federal layoffs in recent days included caretakers for thousands of poultry and herd animals at the USDA National Centers for Animal Health in Ames. The facility is at […]
Temperatures moderating on the western Plains; largely fair weather throughout the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, light snow lingers across the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, cold, dry, breezy weather covers the remainder of the Midwest. Friday morning’s minimum […]
