The operations manager for a specialty meat producer says there are several steps to ensuring a premium product. Dr. Steven Larsen with Iowa Craft Meats tells Brownfield they promote an

A new slate of state officers has been elected to serve Indiana FFA for the next year. Hayden Stookey of the Tippecanoe Valley FFA Chapter is the newly elected Indiana

New federal clarifications on the H-2A guest worker program will allow dairy farms to access temporary workers. National Council of Farmer Cooperatives CEO Duane Simpson tells Brownfield, “We’ve been working

The USDA says 1.7 million cattle were placed into feedlots during the month of May, a 10 percent decline from 2025.   While within pre-report expectations, it was at the low

Cash dairy prices ended the holiday-shortened week mostly higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with strong demand for block cheese and butter. Dry whey up $0.0025 at $0.68. One sale

A central Iowa butcher suggests consumers aren’t flinching despite record high beef prices.  Tucker Maxwell of Maxwell Custom Beef in Des Moines says people are willing to pay for a

Six new programs have been added to the Wisconsin Association of FFA. Brooke Priest is an FFA Advisor at Preble High School in Green Bay. “We realized that if we have an

The chief economist with The Fertilizer Institute says urea prices on the global market have returned to pre-Middle East conflict levels. However, Veronica Nigh tells Brownfield, “Right now, those urea

The USDA has announced its final slate of reorganization plans.  Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden says now it’s time for action.  “Approximately half of the Washington, D.C.-based employees of the Foreign Ag Service will be moving

A central Illinois farmer has been chosen to be one of the next leaders of the National Corn Growers Association. Bill Leigh, who grows corn and soybeans in Marshall County,