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Variety of fencing meets needs on the farm

Variety of fencing meets needs on the farm

  • Tim Kenyon

More comfortable temperatures lately make for opportune conditions to prepare for 2026 fencing needs.

Short corn offers risk, timing alternative

Short corn offers risk, timing alternative

  • Crystal Reed

With an increase in severe storms and high winds, row crop farmers are looking for new ways to work with Mother Nature.

Ag group rolls out student resources

Ag group rolls out student resources

  • Tim Kenyon

Hundreds of Iowa students will continue to get hands-on opportunities to bone up on agricultural knowledge thanks to the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation.

Rising prices from conflict could influence acres

Rising prices from conflict could influence acres

  • Tim Kenyon

Grain markets are aiming for better results as they adjust to continued military action in the Middle East.

Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

  • Crystal Reed

Trent Ford is the Illinois State Climatologist and has been with the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois since 2019.

Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

  • Tim Kenyon

Tamara Deal sees a bigger picture when it comes to her family farm.

Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

  • Crystal Reed

Amy Heberling of Morrisonville, Illinois, is a fourth-generation, “after-hours” farmer who wears many hats.

Meristem focuses on reducing crop input costs for farmers

Meristem focuses on reducing crop input costs for farmers

    As input costs remain top of mind for growers across the country, innovation can help farmers increase productivity while cutting expenses.

    Brazil may continue to build cost advantage

    Brazil may continue to build cost advantage

      Editor’s note: The following was written by by Joana Colussi and Michael Langemeier with the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture for the center’s website Feb. 23.

      Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

      Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

      • Crystal Reed

      Trent Ford is the Illinois State Climatologist and has been with the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois since 2019.

      Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

      Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

      • Tim Kenyon

      Tamara Deal sees a bigger picture when it comes to her family farm.

      Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

      Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

      • Crystal Reed

      Amy Heberling of Morrisonville, Illinois, is a fourth-generation, “after-hours” farmer who wears many hats.

      Forecasters watch river flood risk

      Forecasters watch river flood risk

      • By Laura Handke, For Iowa Farmer Today

      Behind the seasonal flooding outlooks released by the National Weather Service is a team of hydrologists and meteorologists that watches the changing conditions across thousands of miles of river, tributaries and watersheds.

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      Illinois Beef Expo adds fitting competition

      Illinois Beef Expo adds fitting competition

      • Crystal Reed

      SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This year’s Illinois Beef Expo at the Illinois State Fairgrounds had a new event — a fitting competition featuring seven teams of four people each returned this year.

      Preservation of food pays for family of eight

      Preservation of food pays for family of eight

      • Crystal Reed

      Staci and Jeremy Hill say their work bridges traditional agriculture and cooking skills and modern life, helping families reconnect with how food is grown, preserved and shared.

      Missouri event designed so women can ‘show up fully’

      Missouri event designed so women can ‘show up fully’

      • Zoe Martin

      Heather Conrow is a University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist for Boone, Howard and Randolph counties, as well as the statewide poultry specialist.

      Hereford bull tops 2026 Iowa Beef Expo sale

      Hereford bull tops 2026 Iowa Beef Expo sale

      • By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today

      DES MOINES, Iowa — Bill Goehring has bought and sold cattle at the Iowa Beef Expo for many years, and one of those purchases paid a big dividend recently. The southeast Iowa producer sold the top-selling Hereford bull at this year’s annual event.

      Grain markets adjust after Middle East bombings

      Grain markets adjust after Middle East bombings

      • Tim Kenyon

      The bombing in the Middle East this past weekend and subsequent fallout is under evaluation as markets start March action.

      Feeder cattle prices hit temporary plateau

      Feeder cattle prices hit temporary plateau

      • Crystal Reed

      Calf and feeder cattle prices remain strong but do seem to have plateaued and are mainly moving sideways, said Andrew Griffith, livestock marketing specialist at University of Tennessee.

      Inexpensive whistle can make lifesaving difference

      Inexpensive whistle can make lifesaving difference

        COLUMBIA, Mo. — It’s small, inexpensive, doesn’t require batteries or charging, and it could save your life.

        GPS tracking ear tags cut time, labor

        GPS tracking ear tags cut time, labor

          Editor’s note: The following was written by Jameson Brennan, assistant professor and South Dakota State University Extension livestock grazing specialist, with Logan Vandermark and Hector Menendez for the university’s website Feb. 13.

          Wisconsin professors turn spoiled milk into 3D printing filament

          Wisconsin professors turn spoiled milk into 3D printing filament

          • By Sabine Martin, Lee Enterprises

          Right spray pH improves control

          Right spray pH improves control

            Editor’s note: The following was written by Eric Yu and Ryan Miller, University of Minnesota Extension crops educators, for the Minnesota Crop News website Feb. 17.

            Beef prices continue to increase with consumer demand

            Beef prices continue to increase with consumer demand

              Consumers’ demand for beef — not just shrinking cattle numbers — is playing a central role in shaping prices and profitability across the U.S. beef supply chain, according to research from Kansas State University agricultural economists.

              Can autonomous farm machines pencil out?

              Can autonomous farm machines pencil out?

                Editor’s note: The following was written by Chad Fiechter and Josh Strine with Purdue University Feb. 2.

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