Cow health entering breeding season vital to peak operation efficiency
A beef specialist with the University of Illinois Extension says soaring cattle prices mean forage management is a priority. Travis Meteer tells Brownfield, “To give ourselves the best opportunity at […]
Iowa’s spring weather brings out mushroom hunters
Warmer spring weather brings out Iowa mushroom hunters looking for the elusive edible fungus. Iowa State University Extension’s Chelsea Harbach says people can get carried away looking for mushrooms, but […]
CoBank: Rural industries absorbing sharpest impact of global fuel price spikes
An economist says rural areas are absorbing some of the most acute fuel cost impacts from the conflict in the Middle East. Rob Fox is the director of CoBank’s Knowledge […]
USDA turkey hatchery numbers imply increase in supply
Turkey supplies could rise later this year. The USDA says there were 25.616 million turkey eggs in incubation at the start of April, up 5% on the month and 2% […]
Opportunities exist to expand biogas production & use
The Executive Director of the American BioGas Council says opportunities to create biogas are expanding. Patrick Serfass tells Brownfield that animals and people are producing more organic waste, which can […]
Texas livestock producers urged to stay alert as New World screwworm spreads north in Mexico
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller says livestock producers need to be on high alert following the detection of New World screwworm just 90 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. Dudley Hoskins, […]
Legislature may again extend deadline for settlements over abuse of Iowa Boy Scouts
Legislators may pass another bill to extend a legal deadline, so hundreds of Iowa men may get a full payment from a $2.4 billion compensation fund for victims who were […]
JBS facility set to resume normal operations after reaching new labor agreement with UFCW
The JBS beef production facility is set to return to normal operations after workers and management reached a new two-year collective bargaining agreement. According to the United Food and Commercial […]
Hinson calls for action on rising input costs, targets phosphate fertilizer duties
U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says Congress needs to find solutions to rising input costs facing farmers and ranchers. “The ag economy is under real strain,” she said during a press […]
Iowa farmer sees gains from regenerative ag practices on his operation
A south-central Iowa farmer says regenerative agriculture continues to play a key role in his operation. Steve Kuiper raises corn and soybeans near Knoxville in Marion County. “There’s a lot […]