Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
Farmers are busy, whether they are in the combine, milking cows, judging 4-H fair contests, driving kids to school or trucking crops to the elevator.
As I write this, farmers here in north-central Montana are sidelined from harvest by rain. A few overnight showers turned into true rainfall by mid-morning, dashing hopes of being in the field for the next several days.
David Burton’s efforts to develop good communities and help people be a better neighbor led him to create Missouri’s “Good Neighbor Week.”
NODAWAY, Iowa — Howard Anderson remembers vividly what he was doing on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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.
"Some days it is the little things that make me incredibly grateful – like laughing until your ribs hurt."
The Cambridge FFA Chapter does many things, like holding meetings, socials, fundraisers and community service events. The chapter has a meeting every month; this is the best way to keep our FFA members up to date and know what is going on in the chapter. The officers regularly meet before th…
"My mom, Sharon Travis, is my favorite reading teacher, and she is steadfast in believing that reading grows us mentally and socially."
I had been telling people for months that “August isn’t near as busy for us,” and I guess that was just a flat lie.
In the Big Blue and Little Blue River watersheds of Kansas and Nebraska, producers face challenges when managing soil erosion and nutrient runoff from corn-soy rotations.
“The corn is senescing beautifully,” said Mike Uldrich, who farms with his son Jordan Uldrich near Milligan, Nebraska.
Join AgriSafe to celebrate National Farm and Safety Week 2026. They will be hosting 11 live webinars Sept. 21-25. Choose the 11-course bundle to register for all the webinars or select only the webinars of most interest. There is something for everyone. Visit learning.agrisafe.org for more i…
United Kingdom supermarket Marks & Spencer is the first retailer there to use artificial-intelligence-powered technology to monitor the welfare of the dairy cows that supply it. There are a total of 46 dairy farms supplying the supermarket in Great Britain, each of which have now install…
NEW YORK — Oil prices increased Sept. 15 almost $3 after a report said oil loadings at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu were suspended. And Libya halted operations at three oil fields, raising concerns that disruptions to key oil supply routes could persist for weeks.
Standing under an eastern hemlock tree near a thicket of lizard’s tail in her backyard — a tick’s dream — Casey Hamaker had flashbacks to the day she first contracted alpha-gal syndrome. It’s a mysterious illness spreading rapidly across the United States.
Artificial-intelligence-linked stocks have plunged worldwide after leaders of the biggest artificial-intelligence companies warned of risks from rapid development. It's the starkest threat yet to the billions of dollars being poured into the industry that have driven world markets to record highs.
When Melissa Mahon Stein was growing up, most of the adults in her life had their hands in the dirt. Her grandparents on both sides of her family were farmers. Her mom gardened, claimed she wasn’t great at it, but showed her the ropes anyway. Mahon Stein decided, when she was young, that she…
Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
Farmers are busy, whether they are in the combine, milking cows, judging 4-H fair contests, driving kids to school or trucking crops to the elevator.
As I write this, farmers here in north-central Montana are sidelined from harvest by rain. A few overnight showers turned into true rainfall by mid-morning, dashing hopes of being in the field for the next several days.
David Burton’s efforts to develop good communities and help people be a better neighbor led him to create Missouri’s “Good Neighbor Week.”
NODAWAY, Iowa — Howard Anderson remembers vividly what he was doing on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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.
Registration is open for the 2026-2027 South Dakota State University Extension Calf Value Discovery program.
"Some days it is the little things that make me incredibly grateful – like laughing until your ribs hurt."
“There’s some areas that have been catching the rains. Corn and beans are looking very promising.”
"As we get closer to harvest, I am seeing pockets of fields, and in some cases entire fields, beginning to dry down prematurely."
For Maggie Moser of Spencer, Iowa, the dream of becoming the Clay County Fair Queen started at age 5.
"They may not remember standing in line for Tom Thumb donuts but they will remember how the cart driver treated them on their ride.”
The canola market has gained ground recently in the futures market, with nearby basis levels weakening and deferred levels remaining steady. A potentially more bullish EPA announcement on biofuels and increased long positions from traders in the entire commodity sector has been the main driv…
Whereas yield projections for this year’s U.S. corn crop differed from USDA and private analysts, which gave a boost to corn prices, projections for this year’s U.S. soybean crop are not that different. Still, soybean prices, like corn, have seen a nice improvement.
For the past few months, unlike other grain commodities that have seen prices fluctuate up or down depending in part on what’s happening in other markets, durum prices have continued to be stuck in a trading range with prices between $5.25 to $5.50 catching most bids for top-end milling qual…
Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
All commodity markets under the watch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the sunflower market, were waiting for new data ahead of the department’s supply and demand and crop progress reports on Sept. 11, looking for some direction.
Harvest of the 2026 spring wheat crop is wrapping up, which continues to put pressure on the market, but geopolitical issues are also having an impact.
Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
Farmers are busy, whether they are in the combine, milking cows, judging 4-H fair contests, driving kids to school or trucking crops to the elevator.
As I write this, farmers here in north-central Montana are sidelined from harvest by rain. A few overnight showers turned into true rainfall by mid-morning, dashing hopes of being in the field for the next several days.
David Burton’s efforts to develop good communities and help people be a better neighbor led him to create Missouri’s “Good Neighbor Week.”
NODAWAY, Iowa — Howard Anderson remembers vividly what he was doing on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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.
The canola market has gained ground recently in the futures market, with nearby basis levels weakening and deferred levels remaining steady. A potentially more bullish EPA announcement on biofuels and increased long positions from traders in the entire commodity sector has been the main driv…
For the past few months, unlike other grain commodities that have seen prices fluctuate up or down depending in part on what’s happening in other markets, durum prices have continued to be stuck in a trading range with prices between $5.25 to $5.50 catching most bids for top-end milling qual…
Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
All commodity markets under the watch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the sunflower market, were waiting for new data ahead of the department’s supply and demand and crop progress reports on Sept. 11, looking for some direction.
BOZEMAN, Mont. – The Steer-A-Year program in Montana State University’s College of Agriculture will return for the 2026-27 academic year and is seeking donations of young cattle and feed.
Harvest of the 2026 spring wheat crop is wrapping up, which continues to put pressure on the market, but geopolitical issues are also having an impact.
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