Farm transitioning can be a tricky and time-consuming process — especially if not all the children want to continue on the farm.
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- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
RED OAK, Iowa — Pace Chaillie believes his love of science and math has helped him excel in the 4-H food competition categories.
- Tim Kenyon
Handling grain harvest duties around livestock needs makes for hectic times and busy hands on Midwest farms.
- By Alton Wallace, The Center Square
U.S. President Donald Trump on Oct. 5 ordered expanded access to the tax-exempt, dyed diesel fuel typically used to power heavy agricultural and construction equipment operated off public roads.
- Benjamin Herrold
The USDA released its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report Sept. 24, and it showed lower hog inventory and breeding herd numbers than a year ago.
Editor’s note: In the first column in this series, Val Farmer wrote a fictitious letter created to summarize a common complaint attributed to a rural woman called “Carol.”
- Crystal Reed
Harvest yield numbers are finally rolling in, coinciding with a typical low in soybean prices.
- Benjamin Herrold
The cattle industry continues to watch for signs of herd expansion and increasing the beef supply.
It should be no surprise that I love words, especially unusual words. Years ago, I came across the word “anachronism.” I was not familiar with the term.
- Tim Kenyon
LONE TREE, Iowa — Chad Yoder has steered his family pork operation for lasting sustainability in southeast Johnson County.
- Benjamin Herrold
Dustin Coleman’s journey to become a pork producer started 15 years ago when he was looking for a job.
- Benjamin Herrold
Ongoing producer education is a priority for pork producers and organizations.
- Crystal Reed
The past few years have been tough for pork producer Aaron Bertan of Paxton, Illinois.
- Crystal Reed
For years, the Baby Boomer generation has led in U.S. pork consumption.
New research shows that PCV2d is the major genotype among clinical PCVAD cases; broad vaccine protection against key genotypes may help.
With recent rains adding moisture across parts of the Corn Belt, growers may be trying to determine how early to get those combines rolling.
- By Nat Williams for Iowa Farmer Today
Some new corn hybrids short in stature may be long on promise.
- Tim Kenyon
Agriculture businesses and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are settling final details for the second Choose Iowa Fall Crawl Oct. 9-10.
- Crystal Reed
Disappointment with the outcome of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China led to soybean prices down on Monday, Sept. 28, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Benjamin Herrold
The USDA’s September report on hog and pig inventory, released Sept. 24, showed lower hog inventory than the same time a year ago.
New pre-emergent chemistry offers hope for growers battling the most aggressive resistant weeds in North America.
- Ryan Crossingham
Live from the Big Iron Farm and Construction Show on Wednesday, Sept. 16, Kent Thiesse, farm management analyst, and Bryon Parman, NDSU farm management specialist, joined the Red River Farm Network’s “Issues and Events Center” to discuss the farm economy and the tight margins farmers are dea…
- Tim Kenyon
Opportunities don’t always fall into our hands. Sometimes it takes reaching out and grabbing them.
- 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.
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