For many people, weather is the ultimate small-talk topic. But for the farmers who feed the world, weather is huge – it can be the difference between a bumper crop and a total loss – so weather talk is anything but small. And Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien’s principal atmospheric scientist, says he…
LUCK, Wis. – There was a time when folks came together all across the land. They helped thresh each other’s grain. They raised barns. Get-togethers moved from farm to farm across neighborhoods, townships and counties. It wasn’t just for important work; celebrations, dances and socials also b…
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This is the time to begin looking, noticing and utilizing spring things as they come out of hibernation, grow out of hiding and are influenced with a changing photoperiod. Much of what happens is an organism’s developmental response to the length of light periods and dark periods. Animals an…
As outdoor temperatures begin to warm, the potential for grain storage problems increases.
A train of heavy equipment slowly worked its way across 8.6 miles of a northeast Iowa county road this past summer.
Madison College in Watertown is offering a Youth Tractor Safety course beginning March 7. Classes meet March 7, 14, 28 and April 11 and 18 at Lake Mills High School, 615 Catlin Drive, Lake Mills, Wisconsin. Testing is from 8 a.m. to noon April 25. The cost is S150. A $50 scholarship is avail…
This past summer I came across a box of love letters that my dad, Tom Pfaff, had written to my mom. I have no idea how they found their way to her because all he put on the envelope besides “Miss Ann Van Dunk” was “Holmen, Wisconsin.” ZIP codes were not used until 1963 but I’d still think a …
Some things are easy to start but difficult to control and difficult to end. Arguments, wars and wildfires are among them. And while few of us have the power to start a war, and we can learn to control our tendency to argue, we often become complacent about wildfires. Many of us have not eve…
Maintaining the health of small acreage pastures can be challenging, even in years with normal rainfall and snowpack. The semi-arid climate of Colorado prevents dryland pastures from achieving the same level of productivity observed in states that receive greater precipitation. As a result, …
STOUGHTON, Wis. – Farming is a family affair for the Furseth family. While some families struggle with “the generation gap,” the Furseths say they haven’t had any big arguments.
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
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All winter long we may yearn for the warmth of summer, but not me. I do love a good sweat but I don’t miss the bugs.
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Brazil is projected to produce a record 6.5 billion bushels of soybeans in the 2025-2026 crop season, while farm margins should decline to their worst level in almost two decades. Depressed soybean prices, increased production costs and weak port premiums have compressed profitability for Br…
March showers wake up things, said Doug Williams at DW Sports Center in Portage, Wisconsin. Early blooming begins. Robins are able to find earthworms. White-tailed deer coats, even with old hair, look tidy.
DITHMARSCHEN, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, Germany – Weeding is one of the most tedious, time-consuming and costly jobs on a vegetable farm. And with labor becoming even more difficult to source, farmers desperately need alternatives.
To prepare a satisfactory storage environment before the loading of a fresh harvest of potatoes into storages, a variety of disinfectants are used for cleaning the potato storage facilities and potato handling equipment. It is a general phytosanitary measure to reduce pest and disease issues…
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
Some days it feels like the world has slipped into high gear with the throttle wide open. Prices jump. Conflicts overseas add tension to every news cycle. Weather swings from one extreme to another. And now spring fieldwork is here with more acres, fewer hands, longer hours, tighter margins …
We look at the present and the past to attempt to predict the future. Prognosticators can often at least provide educated guesses for the future through analysis of past trends and present conditions. Shipping can provide insight into economic forecasts and economic health in Wisconsin, the …
All farming is, in a sense, a prediction business. Crops are planted in anticipation they’ll grow and produce a bountiful harvest. Research led by Iowa State University agronomy professor Jianming Yu aims to give a major boost to agricultural predictions with powerful modeling tools that wou…
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