Mark and Jodi Berhow sheltered in their basement before an EF-1 tornado touched down — shattering a living room window and scattering rain and glass inside — near their home in southeast Iowa April 17.
- Tim Kenyon
Editor’s note: The stories on this page are part of series featuring regional conservation partnerships for Soil and Water Conservation Week April 28 through May 5.
- Crystal Reed
For Illinois Beef Association President Shannon Welsh, a sixth-generation beef producer based in McDonough County, Illinois, the beauty of the business is the variety.
As planting season ramps up, uncertainty around the season does as well. Wyffels Hybrids has introduced a free, online tool that can help take some of the guess-work out of spring field work.
AMES, Iowa — Drones are beginning to play a role in Iowa agriculture, particularly for crop monitoring and pesticide application, but most farmers remain uncertain about the technology’s advantages and limitations, according to results from the 2025 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, an annual s…
Editor’s note: The following was written by Russell Shaffer, University of Nebraska communications specialist.
The accelerating demand for protein-rich foods is opening new doors for U.S. dairy producers, as major food manufacturers increasingly turn to dairy-based ingredients to meet evolving consumer protein preferences.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Matheus Ribeiro, Jenny Brhel, Adam Leise, Travis J. Prochaska, David S. Wangila, Dylan Mangel and Justin McMechan, University of Nebraska Extension specialists, for the university’s Crop Watch website April 9.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture is bringing together women landowners at in-person gatherings in Missouri, Iowa and Kansas this year.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Although many farms are starting the planting season with bulk tanks full of sub-$3-per-gallon diesel purchased over the winter, the first refill this spring could cost $1.50-plus per gallon more than farmers paid for the last delivery.
- Benjamin Herrold
Editor’s note: This story is part of series highlighting regional conservation partnerships for Soil and Water Conservation Week April 28 through May 5.
- Tim Kenyon
BRIGHTON, Iowa — Talk around a farmer’s dinner table these days can lead to a touch of spring fever.
- Benjamin Herrold
In 1897, Brian Lehman’s ancestors bought a farm in Morgan County, Missouri. They came to the land from Switzerland after spending some time in Illinois.
- Crystal Reed
The Horn family of Sullivan, Illinois, has a long history of owning farmland in Moultrie County.
- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
SIDNEY, Iowa — A dry winter forced many rural fire departments to ask farmers to help contain field fires.
- Benjamin Herrold
The American Tractor Museum in Perryville, Missouri, gives visitors a look at the history of farming, told through the tractors on display.
- Katelyn Winberg
Gene-edited crops reach farmers’ fields faster than regulators around the world can agree on how to oversee them, and the resulting divide is shaping where agricultural innovation takes place.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Giovani Preza Fontes, John Jones and Emerson Nafziger with the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences for the university’s Crop Bulletin website April 7.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Tim Christensen, Iowa State University Extension farm management specialist, for the Extension “Clippings” newsletter.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Fred M. Hall, Iowa State University Extension dairy specialist, for the Clippings newsletter.
- Tim Kenyon
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.
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