As August rolls on, the anticipation of harvest builds with each week. Farmers see the sunsets creeping earlier and crops moving closer to the finish line. The last weeks before harvest are a time for getting equipment ready and making plans for storing grain.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ill. — Water quality is driving state agriculture funding decisions and political campaigns this year.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Digital Ag Innovation Lab at Iowa State will offer Combine University, a premier educational experience designed for operators to meet the technical demands of the 2026 harvest season. The single-day, hands-on training will be…
AMES, Iowa – This past weekend, a severe hailstorm ravaged parts of eastern Iowa, destroying what was expected to be a record-contending corn crop. Following any hail event, a call to your insurance agent and crop advisor is the first step. After insurance adjustments, next is: how do we bes…
"We were more than excited to lend them our smiles, big welcomes, give directions, answer questions and play tour guide to all that Lincoln and surrounding areas had to offer."
"I don’t know what I was thinking in May when I planted the entire package of green beans."
“We were looking at some pretty significant tip back on dryland,” Milligan farmer Jordan Uldrich said, estimating that drought stress would prevent 25-40% of kernels from filling.
With the delicate stroke of her paintbrush, life takes form on a blank canvas for young artist Hailey Uffelman.
"Every year I feel like a really mean person as I take the halter from children who are sobbing uncontrollably as they part ways with their lamb or goat."
We did something a little bit different this weekend at the ranch. A neighbor offered a ranch emergency training seminar, and after seeing it posted about a month ago, I had signed all of us up to go.
BELLEVILLE, Wis. – The Hendrickson family of Jeffrey-Way Holsteins of Belleville knows why they’re successful. Jeff and Kate Hendrickson and their son and daughter-in-law, Brooks and Riley Hendrickson, attribute their breeding program’s success to consistent hard work and attention to detail…
(CNN) — Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the United States, provides water and electricity to millions in the West. It has now has shrunk to its lowest level on record, in the latest sign of the alarming crisis unfolding on the drought-stricken Colorado River.
Agri-View offers a schedule of events of special interest to our readers. Some events and activities might require advance registration. Email agriview@madison.com with calendar submissions.
A certain pastor had a kitten climb up a tree in his backyard. The kitten was then afraid to come down. The pastor coaxed, offered warm milk and tried most everything he could think of to entice it to come down.
Being prepared is good assurance for successful autumn hunting and gathering seasons. Some hunting seasons start Sept. 12. Some gathering seasons start earlier when hickory nuts have fallen, ginseng digging is legal, leaves have begun to paint with pretty pigments and teal begin to migrate.
As August rolls on, the anticipation of harvest builds with each week. Farmers see the sunsets creeping earlier and crops moving closer to the finish line. The last weeks before harvest are a time for getting equipment ready and making plans for storing grain.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ill. — Water quality is driving state agriculture funding decisions and political campaigns this year.
AMES, Iowa – This past weekend, a severe hailstorm ravaged parts of eastern Iowa, destroying what was expected to be a record-contending corn crop. Following any hail event, a call to your insurance agent and crop advisor is the first step. After insurance adjustments, next is: how do we bes…
Harvest is coming. Farmers are counting down the days.
Visitors to Dakotafest will have the opportunity to see another side of agricultural education as McCook Central FFA members demonstrate the leadership skills they've developed through competition.
On the final day of Dakotafest in Mitchell, one of five finalists will be named the Dakotafest Woman Farmer/Rancher of the Year.
In the Boekelheide farm shop, a mission statement hangs on the wall above semitrucks and combines.
The annual Dakotafest Women's Brunch & Vendor Fair will return Aug. 19, bringing women from across the region together for a morning of networking, inspiration and a message about the power of working together.
South Dakota State University Extension experts will be at Dakotafest, providing educational resources and hands-on activities for a variety of topics.
There is no disease in equine medicine that is more annoying than strangles. The clinical signs vary from very mild to very severe, and it is highly contagious. Here is what you need to know.
The U.S. soybean crop has the potential to be another big one, so the market was waiting and watching for the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A close watch was also in China, which is back buying U.S. soybeans.
A general lack of any new fundamental news has kept durum prices locked in a trading range that’s remained steady over the past several weeks.
While other commodity markets have been experiencing a lot of volatility with prices fluctuating up and down over the past few weeks, sunflower prices are bucking that trend and have actually risen.
Wheat harvest is a special time of year. The sights, sounds, and smells bring a flood of memories to anyone who has spent time working long hours behind the wheel of a combine or grain truck, shoveling grain or maneuvering augers. Besides the sights, sounds and smells, there’s always pressur…
The corn market wasn’t moving much as it was awaiting the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, caught between the potential of a big corn crop and good export demand.
A career as an ag education teacher/FFA advisor is not only a rewarding career choice, but it’s a vocation that brings smiles to the entire North Dakota FFA organization. Agriculture teachers/FFA advisors are sorely needed in the state, especially with agriculture being a major industry in N…
As August rolls on, the anticipation of harvest builds with each week. Farmers see the sunsets creeping earlier and crops moving closer to the finish line. The last weeks before harvest are a time for getting equipment ready and making plans for storing grain.
Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ill. — Water quality is driving state agriculture funding decisions and political campaigns this year.
AMES, Iowa – This past weekend, a severe hailstorm ravaged parts of eastern Iowa, destroying what was expected to be a record-contending corn crop. Following any hail event, a call to your insurance agent and crop advisor is the first step. After insurance adjustments, next is: how do we bes…
Harvest is coming. Farmers are counting down the days.
A general lack of any new fundamental news has kept durum prices locked in a trading range that’s remained steady over the past several weeks.
While other commodity markets have been experiencing a lot of volatility with prices fluctuating up and down over the past few weeks, sunflower prices are bucking that trend and have actually risen.
Wheat harvest is a special time of year. The sights, sounds, and smells bring a flood of memories to anyone who has spent time working long hours behind the wheel of a combine or grain truck, shoveling grain or maneuvering augers. Besides the sights, sounds and smells, there’s always pressur…
The corn market wasn’t moving much as it was awaiting the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, caught between the potential of a big corn crop and good export demand.
A career as an ag education teacher/FFA advisor is not only a rewarding career choice, but it’s a vocation that brings smiles to the entire North Dakota FFA organization. Agriculture teachers/FFA advisors are sorely needed in the state, especially with agriculture being a major industry in N…
On July 14, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum was in Bozeman, Mont., to officially announce the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) proposed change to the protective regulations of the grizzly bear under section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act. Effectively, the proposed rule change giv…
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