MOC-Floyd Valley 5, West Lyon 3
Ceremony marks new road to Iowa’s only national cemetery
A four-year effort to get the road to the Keokuk National Cemetery repaired culminated with a ribbon cutting Monday. Keokuk Mayor Kathie Mahoney took office four years ago, and made […]
Unity Christian 4, Sioux Center 2
Yield efficiency key to profitability
An ag economist with the University of Missouri says a key to profitability in 2025 for many row crop farmers will be protecting yield. Ben Brown says depressed prices and […]
MO corn is tasseling and soybeans getting bigger
A farmer in northeast Missouri says corn is starting to tassel and the soybeans are getting bigger. “This heat and moisture are starting to turn the crops around and they […]
Mixed crops in Missouri Bootheel
Aaron Porter, a farmer in southeast Missouri, says the crops are mixed as July begins. “Some corn looks good and some corn looks stressed, a little yellow,” he says. “Some […]
Conditions favorable for disease pressure in north Iowa
A north Iowa corn and soybean farmer is concerned weather conditions are favorable for disease pressure. Chris Edgington of Saint Ansgar says June was wetter than normal. “Soybeans especially do […]
Precision Conservation Management comes to Missouri
A program that helps farmers reduce nitrogen loss is now available in northern Missouri. Precision Conservation Management is a farm-service program, created by the Illinois Corn Growers Association, and designed […]
Iowa State University presidential search committee gets timeline in first meeting
The Iowa State University Presidential Search committee met for the first time today as it starts the process of replacing President Wendy Wintersteen when she retires at the end of […]
Minnesota farmer making room for new crop
A southwest Minnesota farmer is making room for his 2025 crop. Brewster corn and soybean grower Chris Hill tells Brownfield his focus is shifting from postemergence herbicide applications to cleaning […]
