Technology can gather many types of data to make farms more profitable
Technology is helping farmers make better decisions to make the farm more profitable. There’s a technology tool that can be used to gather many different types of information from moisture […]
GOP lawmakers settle on general state funding for Iowa’s K-12 students
A two-month-long stalemate among House and Senate Republicans over general state funding for students in Iowa’s K-12 schools has been resolved. All but one Republican in the Iowa Senate have […]
Weathering the storms
The director of agriculture in Arkansas says farmers are doing their best to weather spring storms. Wes Ward tells Brownfield strong winds and tornadoes damaged grain bins, fences and poultry […]
New MO beef packing plant expected to open this week
Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn says America’s Heartland Packing will process 2,400 head of cattle each day, once fully operational. “I think their plan, when they get completely up and […]
Minnesota net farm income sinks to lowest level this century
A new report shows net farm income in Minnesota has fallen to its lowest level this century. University of Minnesota Extension economist Pauline Van Nurden says the median income dropped […]
Excessive rains flood Missouri Bootheel fields
Missouri Bootheel farmer Rance Daniels says some of his recently planted rice fields are underwater following the excessive rains over the last week. “We had 10.5 to 12 inches of […]
Minnesota farmers limited by wet weather
Widespread rain and snow limited spring fieldwork in Minnesota last week. In its first weekly crop report for 2025, USDA says there were less than two days suitable for fieldwork. […]
Heavy rains and flooding likely to impact Arkansas’ crops
Northeast Arkansas farmer Derek Haigwood says he had a pretty decent start to this year’s planting season. “My family, all in all, probably had about 750 acres of rice planted […]
Corn and rice planting gets started in MO
Corn and rice planting is underway in Missouri. In the first weekly crop progress report of the season, USDA says six percent of the corn is planted in Missouri, in-line […]
Small grain planting underway in Iowa
Oat seeding is a little ahead of normal in Iowa’s first weekly USDA crop report for 2025. At 20 percent done, the pace is two days ahead of the five-year […]
