Opportunities don’t always fall into our hands. Sometimes it takes reaching out and grabbing them.
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- Benjamin Herrold
With the U.S. cattle inventory at its lowest in 75 years, the industry continues to watch for signs producers are retaining heifers and starting to grow the national cattle herd.
Twenty-five years ago, our nation mourned as nearly 3,000 Americans, including 400 firefighters, police officers and emergency medical personnel, perished in terrorist attacks on our own soil.
- IFT photos by Crystal Reed and Zoe Martin
Wildflowers bloom and bees and butterflies keep busy at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Coles County, Ill., Broemmelsiek Park in St. Charles County, Mo., and Rock Springs Conservation Area in Macon County, Ill.
- Crystal Reed
A4-H member from Illinois was one of three recently selected to serve as a member of the Young Alumni Advisory Committee. YAAC connects emerging leaders with opportunities to continue to contribute to 4-H.
This is a fictitious letter I created to summarize a common complaint. I attribute it to a rural woman I will call “Carol.” These thoughts capture the distress many women feel about the quality of their marital relationships in farm and ranch family business operations.
- Benjamin Herrold
Tech schools and community colleges continue to provide ag education with new facilities, college farms and work experience programs.
- Crystal Reed
Jess Smithers was raised on a grain and livestock farm in western Illinois. He has more than 25 years of experience in agricultural education, which includes the past eight years in his role of director of agricultural programs at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois.
From identifying crop problems to turning years of field data into management guidance, artificial intelligence is moving closer to the decisions producers make every day. University of Nebraska researchers want to know how producers and future agricultural professionals view this changing r…
- Crystal Reed
As artificial intelligence applications become more sophisticated and widely used — and as more money gets poured into developing these applications — the computing needs become greater.
- Benjamin Herrold
Harvest will tell the final story of this year’s crops, but timely rains have helped them look promising in many parts of the Midwest.
- Crystal Reed
University of Illinois researcher Salah Issa has been spreading the farm safety message this year on a broad range of topics with the help of on-the-ground experience.
- Nat Williams for Lee Agri-Media
Most seed put into the ground in the Midwest is treated, but the jury is still out as to the most effective use of chemical and biological additives. There’s little doubt that treatments are beneficial but there’s much to be learned.
- Benjamin Herrold
Down in southeast Missouri, the cotton and rice crops are getting close to harvest, and it has been a generally good weather year for the crops.
The headlines should read “United States imports even more Brazilian beef.” Because beef imports from Brazil aren’t a new development.
- Fred Hall Iowa State University
As producers prepare for silage harvest, remember that corn silage harvest is one of the most fast‑paced high‑stakes periods on a dairy farm, and the decisions made in the next few weeks will shape feed quality for the entire year. Four factors -- cut length, moisture, packing density and pi…
- Benjamin Herrold
Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
- Crystal Reed
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.
- Benjamin Herrold
David Burton’s efforts to develop good communities and help people be a better neighbor led him to create Missouri’s “Good Neighbor Week.”
- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
NODAWAY, Iowa — Howard Anderson remembers vividly what he was doing on the morning of September 11, 2001.
- Crystal Reed
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.
- Tim Kenyon
BOONE, Iowa — Equipment exhibited at the 2026 Farm Progress Show ranged from items small enough to fit in a hand to long stretches of heavy-duty tractors, planters and large construction equipment.
- Tim Kenyon
BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.
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