Dry whey leads cash dairy prices higher Thursday, while cheese and butter decline
Cash dairy prices were mixed Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.01 to $0.7725. One sale was reported at $0.77. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.01 to $1.4225. No sales […]
Iowa Supreme Court Questions Both Sides in Perry’s Appeal Against Dordt University
How should courts determine whether someone sincerely holds a religious belief? That question took center stage Tuesday, September 15, as the Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments in a former Dordt […]
Beef, pork export sales rise, while corn, soybeans fall
U.S. meat export sales were up on the week. The USDA says beef sales during the week ending September 10th were larger than the previous week and above average thanks […]
Wyffels Hybrids and Brownfield launch Corn Belt Award and Scholarship
Wyffels Hybrids and Brownfield are teaming up to celebrate the next generation of rural leaders through the Wyffels Corn Belt Award and Scholarship. The program recognizes high school seniors in […]
Pillen says ag inputs won’t be subject to new sales taxes
Some Nebraska farm groups would like to see the Governor’s administration reduce the state’s budget deficit without significant impacts to producers. Jim Pillen says his administration doesn’t have plans […]
Iowa’s ‘Rural Mainstreet Index’ drops again in September
The Rural Mainstreet Index Creighton University calculates after surveying rural bankers in Iowa and nine other Midwest states has dropped for the fourth time in the past six months. Iowa’s […]
University of Iowa researchers offering water testing for arsenic in 6 counties
A research project at the University of Iowa is offering private well owners in six counties free arsenic testing kits to see if there is a need to offer the […]
MSUE says Great Lakes specialty crop producers are ready for new innovations
An ag economist says Extension specialists are identifying how to bridge the gap between available innovations and the needs of specialty crop growers in the Great Lakes region. Michigan State […]
Grassley urges Thune to bring farm bill to Senate floor
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley suggests partisan politics remain a stumbling block for the farm bill. The Iowa Republican has been in Congress more than 50 years and tells Brownfield this […]
Agronomist says consistent corn leaf aphid pressure requires management plan
An east central Illinois agronomist says three straight years of corn leaf aphid infestations in the Corn Belt means growers need to start managing for the pests. Kris Ehler, who’s […]