Grow it and ye shall reap the leafy financial rewards for helping to provide shade.
- Benjamin Herrold
Farmland values have mostly leveled off over the last year, with some areas and land types seeing slight increases while others saw slight decreases, according to recent land values surveys.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Juo-Han Tsay and Gary Schnitkey with the University of Illinois Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics for the farmdoc daily website April 7.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Liz Stahl, Jeff Coulter and Seth Naeve with University of Minnesota Extension for the university’s Crop News website April 9.
- Crystal Reed
Over the past decade, foreign ownership of agricultural land has grown, according to the National Ag Law Center, and an interest in restricting and monitoring foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land is growing among federal and state lawmakers.
- Benjamin Herrold
The EPA continues to grapple with a definition that has eluded the department through five presidencies now.
TUSCUMBIA, Mo. — Hay quality has a direct impact on livestock performance and feeding costs, yet many producers lose value long before hay reaches the feeder, said University of Missouri Extension Field Agronomist Rudra Baral.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Leah Ten Napel, Iowa State University Extension field agronomist, for the Clippings newsletter.
AMES, Iowa — Farm equipment such as tractors, combines, grain carts and self-propelled sprayers have become larger and heavier in recent years, and concern about soil compaction and its impacts on crop yields has increased apace.
As outdoor temperatures begin to warm, the potential for grain storage problems increases.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — With these warmer temperatures, crops are not the only things that are greening up — weeds are too.
AMES, Iowa — Questions about effective management of nitrogen fertilizer continue to plague agriculture, even after decades of practical use.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — From early mornings feeding livestock to long days in the field, farmers and ranchers spend much of their time caring for crops, animals and equipment.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Jason Franken, associate professor of agricultural economics and management at the University of Missouri, for the farmdoc daily website March 30.
AMES, Iowa — Questions about effective management of nitrogen fertilizer continue to plague agriculture, even after decades of practical use.
- Benjamin Herrold
The pork industry has seen a long climb in the average number of pigs saved per litter, and recent months have seen the growth rate increase.
- By Kim McMichael
Grain engulfment and entrapment has been a hazard associated with farming for decades.
- Tim Kenyon
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — World class adventure happens in Kirkwood Community College’s ag program.
- Tim Kenyon
Farmers plan to plant less corn and more soybeans in 2026 compared to last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in its March 31 Prospective Plantings report.
- Crystal Reed
Despite fertilizer supply concerns and rising prices, inputs shouldn’t play a large role in rotation decisions for 2026 planting, according to Iowa State University Extension Field Agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz.
- Benjamin Herrold
Aaron Brandt works as director of the University of Missouri’s Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center at Portageville, Missouri, in southeast Missouri’s Bootheel region.
- By Darcy Maulsby for Tri-State Neighbor
“To be successful, kids need five stable adults in their life. I can be one of these five.”
- By Erin Murphy and Tom Barton, Gazette Des Moines Bureau
DES MOINES — Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s latest idea to make the E-15 ethanol blend available year-round everywhere: Include it in the next funding package that Congress approves for the Iran war.
- By Pratik Parija, Ilena Peng and Eleanor Thornber, Bloomberg
Governments are rushing to secure supplies of critical crop nutrients ahead of spring planting, as the Middle East war chokes off the flow of commodities and amplifies fears of a global food crisis.