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April 2025

White House Budget Plan Proposes Local FSA, NRCS Office Closures

Ag Economist Explains Why US Farmers are Caught in Crossfire of Tariff Uncertainty

Three Reasons Iowa Farmland Values Have Stabilized

Answering Soil pH Questions Will Make You Money

Cattle and Soybeans Extend Gains: Can Markets Continue to Recover?

Navigate Seed Corn Pericarp Damage with Fertilizer Know-How

Does Corn Stunt Pose a Risk to the Midwest?

Nearly 3,000 Acres of Iowa Farmland to Sell at Auction in April

Adjust Fertilizer Application Timings for Better Nutrient Uptake

Don't Let the Planter Take Money Out of Your Pocket

Brazil's Soybean Crop Will Influence World Prices

Bargain Hunters: Farmers Eye Older Machines, Retrofit Tech Amid Rising Costs

Buying Inputs in the Current Business Climate

March 2025

Renter Relationships Can Lead to Success

Ten Reasons Why Early Planning Leads to Succession Success

Make Your Planter More Efficient in 2025

February 2025

Tariff Threats and U.S. Fertilizer Imports

U.S. Beef Cattle Inventory Falls to the Lowest Level in 64 Years

January 2025

The Bear Market of 2024: An Unusual Pattern

La Nina Effects Surprise Argentine Farmers

Four Questions the Cattle Market Must Answer

What's Happening in the Land Market? Your Regional Breakdown

December 2024

Tractor Sales Down 14.5% in November

Why Trend Spotting Breaks Your Cattle Marketing Strategy

Eight Best Practices for Year-Round Crop Production Resilience

See & Spray: Five Things John Deere Learned in 2024

Why the World Can't Ignore the Demand for Potash

Iowans Make Progress Towards Monarch Habitat Conservation Goals

New Marketing Assistance Now Available for Specialty Crop Producers

November 2024

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report

Senate Ag Committee Members: One in Five Farmers at Risk Financially

Farmers Credit Cover Crops, Starter Fertilizer for Better-Than-Expected Yields

Voracious U.S. Demand Means Biggest Food and Ag Trade Ever

Three Corn Pricing Strategies to Consider

USDA to Begin Issuing $2.14 Billion to Agricultural Producers through Key Conservation and Safety-Net Programs

A Farmer Can Dream, Right? Tesla Robots as the Farm Labor Force of the Future?

Fall Herbicide for Winter Weed Control

2024 Could Go Down as the Worst Financial Year for Farmers Since 2007

GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers After Iowa-Based Poultry Processor That Received $45 Million from USDA Goes Bankrupt

Cargill, Bunge Slow Soybean Buying on Stalled Biofuels Policy

October 2024

Can U.S. Corn Exports Rebound?

News Report Reveals Ag Isn't on Track to Meet Rising Demand

Why This Harvest the Perfect Storm for Alternative Storage

Is Short Corn a Weather-Smart Option? Three Things to Know

Farmers Struggle with Bleak Situation as Congress Waffles on New Farm Bill

Grain Prices Searching for a Major Low

Three Tips to Reduce Soil Compaction

Yes, the Farmland Market is Shifting, But That Doesn't Necessarily Mean Prices are Falling

Tar Spots Run Rampant After Fungicide Plays Out

September 2024

Farmers Need Emergency Assistance to Offset Lower Income, says Boozman

Loss of U.S. Farmland in the 21st Century: The National Agriculture Perspective from the Census of Agriculture

USDA's Latest Farm Income Data Looks Brighter Than Early 2024 Numbers

Be on the Lookout for Pre-Harvest Corn Head Deals

Southwest Iowa Farmland Brings Over $16,000 per Acre

Grains, Soybeans Lower Ahead of Weekly Export Sales

Black Layer Time Arrives for 2024

Tips for Surviving Low Commodity Prices

Frogeye Leaf Spot Threatens Soybean Yields

Summer Corn Planting Starts in Brazil, Argentina

Ferrie: Is Your Crop Running Out of Nitrogen? Why That Matters Now

More Than 50% of Ag Economists Now Think the US Ag Economy is Already in a Recession

Infrastructure Helps U.S. Farmers Compete

August 2024

As Investors Pay Top-Dollar for Land, Farmers are Often Priced Out

What Farmers Need to Know Before Converting Infrastructure on the Farm

The Strength of the U.S. Dollar is Contributing to Ag Export Woes

Iowa Equestrian Ranch Sells for $2 Million

Poll Results: More than 50% of Farmers Don't Plan to Sell Their Old Crop Corn Before Harvest.

Ferrie: Corn is Going into the Home Stretch. Do you Need to Make a Second Fungicide Application?

Will 5 States Along the Pro Farmer Crop Tour Shatter Their Record Yields?

Farm Progress America, August 20, 2024

July 2024

Scout Tar Spot Until Black Layer

Economist: Deere Prepares for Future Losses

Grain Prices Hitting Lowest Levels Since 2020

Tough Love: More Young Farmers are Coming Home to Farm, but 58% Say There's No Transition Plan in Place

Tar Spot Disease Pressure Is in Forecast Now

Revolutionize Ranching Through New Technology

Is the Fed Cutting Interest Rates Now Imminent?

What Does the Law Say When Your Neighbor Won't Help with Fencing?

June 2024

A Silent Legacy Will Fail: 3 Ways to Protect Your Assets Now

Why Farmers are Swapping Some Soybeans for Canola

Fire is Reminder to Check Your Hay

2024 is Shaping Up to Bring Out Corn Rootworm

Think ROI with Fungicides

What Makes an Accurate Beef Balance Sheet Forecast?

What is Going on with Iowa Corn?

Feed Ingredient That Reduces Methane from Dair Cows is Approved for U.S. Sale

Bird Flu Strikes Flock of 4.2 Million Chickens in Sioux County

May 2024

Pork Powerhouses 2023: Sow Numbers, Pig Profits Down While Productivity Up

USDA and HHS Allot $199 Million to Quash Bird Flu Thread to Cattle and Humans

Still Time to Make a Deal on Farm Bill, says Ag Chair

Expiring Estate Tax Exemption: What Farmers Need to Know

How Local Historical Wealth Influences Farmland Prices

April 2024

Farm Bill Vote in Committee Before Memorial Day, Says House Ag Chairman

U.S. Agriculture Emissions Lowest Since 2012

Dickinson County, Iowa, Leaders Unanimously Approve Pipeline Ordinance

Three Big Things Today, April 15, 2024

Antsy to Plant Corn Now? Use These Five Tips to Get Ready

Adding Precision Could Be Easier Than Ever

Tech Prep for Planting

Earn More Money for Old Cows

University of Missouri Report Warns Falling Prices Could Squeeze Farmers

Corn Cobs Can Improve Performance, Reduce Costs of Water Quality Bioreactors - If Supply is Available

USDA Says Farmers Will Plant More Soybeans in 2024

Widespread Rains Ease Drought in Western Iowa

El Nino to El Nina

March 2024

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran Frustrated by Slow Pace of Negotiations on New Five-Year Farm Bill

Autonomy in Ag is Firing on All Cylinders Right Now and it Looks Different Depending on Where You Live

John Deere, Kinze, and Ag Leader Announce Collaboration Agreement

Farmers' Tax Liability to Rise as Tax Breaks Expire in 2025

New Scorecard Rates Nation's Grid Managers on Connecting Renewables

Fallout from Falling Net Farm Income & Stubborn Interest Rates: Ag Economists Reveal What's Now at Risk in 2024

Meat Labeling Bill Advances in Iowa House After Senate Approval

World Record Soybean Yield Winners Share How to Take Soybean Yields to Next Level

Northwest Iowa Farmland Sells for $29,600 per Acre

February 2024

Why Farmers are Protesting in Europe

Could Drought Cause Brazil to Lose its Top Spot as the Largest Corn Exporter in the World?

Diversification is Key to the Next Generation of Dairying

Export Opportunities for Pork in Korea, Nigeria

Crop Researchers See 'Extremes as Opportunities'

History Could Repeat Itself with Record Cattle Prices in 2024

Study: Aquifer Depletion Threatens Crop Yields

January 2024

Federal Audit: More Information on Foreign-Owned Agriculture Land Needed

Farm Bureau Announces Mental Health Initiatives

Six Takeaways from the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit

Three Ways the Farm Equipment Industry is Fundamentally Changing

Applications for Iowa's 2024 Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program are Open

Iowa Eyes Tougher Enforcement of Land Ownership Rules

Lower Corn Production Costs in U.S. than in Brazil

Three Big Things Today, January 8, 2024

Nearly 80 Million Birds Die in Almost Two Years of Bird Flu

December 2023

Divorce, Disability and Disagreement: How to Plan for Them on the Farm

Beef Cow Culling Continues

New Corn Yield Record Set at 623 Bushels

Three Big Things Today, December 26, 2023

China Hog Futures Hit Fresh Low Amid Panic Selling

Does New Year Bring New Story for Farmland Values?

More Iowa Farmers Reacting to Weed Resistance

USDA's December WASDE Forecasts Lower Domestic Corn and Wheat Supplies

Grains Start Day in the Red

Three Big Things Today, December 13, 2023

Be Prepared for "Violent Price Action" during South American Growing Season, Says Analyst

Better Yields and Improved Crop Prices Propel Ag Economists' Outlooks for 2024

Analysis: USDA and DOJ Take on Deceptive Poultry Contracts

KC Fed: Credit Conditions for Livestock Producers to Improve, Deteriorate for Crop Farmers

Do You Have Soil Compaction and Density Changes that Impede Roots and Water? Here's How to Find Out

Students of the Game: Mississippi Farm Family Never Stops Learning

"Nothing's Predictable": Extreme Weather is Ruining Farmers' Crops and Finances

November 2023 Update on the 2018 Farm Bill Extension: Farm Bill Extension and DMC Payments

November 2023

Wrapping a Flat 2023 Farmland Market

Beef Exports Bring $721 Million to Iowa

Corn and Soybean Harvests are Almost Finished in Iowa

USDA Begins Reports on 'Prop 12' Hogs

Showers Return to Central Brazil

Three Big Things Today, November 20, 2023

Grain Closes in the Red

Supply Chain Challenges: Crop Basis and the Mississippi River

Will Corn in Field Still Dry Down in Late Fall?

USDA Says $3 Billion Available to Offset 2022 Disasters

Pig Motel: How a Legendary Farmer Kickstarted a Career

Three Big Things Today

Deja Vu and Uncertainty: Watch the Next USDA Report

Bearish Tone to Cattle on Feed Report

October 2023

High Interest Rates Discouraging Farmers from Borrowing Money

USDA Secretary Talks Labor, Markets for Farmers

8 Lessons Learned as a Farm Mechanic on a Sunny Fall Day

Lower Fertilizer Costs Will Ease Breakeven Challenge for Farmers, Says Purdue

Understand Costs, Build Confidence

New Holland's Emission-Free T4 Electric Power Utility Tractor

Freight Rates for Grain Exports via New Black Sea Route Fall Sharply, Ukraine Says

Navigator Asks Iowa Regulators to Pause Its Pipeline Permit Request

Factors Influencing Farmland Prices

Need a Veterinarian in Your Area? Then Support This Legislation Now

Exploring new Sorghum Cultivars' Potential as Forage Crop for Upper Midwest

September 2023

Crude Awakening: Rising Oil Prices Complicate Fed's Rate-Hike Decisions

Three Big Things Today, September 18, 2023

Factors influencing Farmland Prices

What a Government Shutdown Could Mean for U.S. Farmers

A Cue from Johnny Cash: Build a "One-Piece-At-A-Time" Combine

Low Water Levels May Plague Agriculture This Fall and Winter

Want to Take More Beans to the Bin at Harvest? Pay Attention to Soybean Growth Stages

Inflation and Recession Pressures: Is Farmland a Good Investment Right Now?

Best Bets for Grain Storage This Fall

Precision Ag Usage is Highest in Top Row-Crop States

Potential for Drought Improvement Diminishes in Iowa as Temperatures Rise

July 2023

17 of the Top 18 Corn Growing States Face Drought to Start July

USDA Funds $115 Million to Improve Market Access

Wealthy Nations are Losing Their Taste for Meat, Says Report

Farmers Skeptical of Farm Bill as Prop 12 Slayer

Is the Sustainable Grain Market Worth It?

June 2023

Cattle Working Facilities: What Makes it Easier?

Bunge to Buy Viterra for $8.2 Billion

Drought Watch: Nearly Half of the U.S, Corn Crop is Now Covered in Drought

Grilled Sweet Corn Six Ways

Government's Power Over Private Land and Farmers Takes Hit If Chevron Falls

Bird Flu Outbreak Has Slowed in 2023, but Iowa Poultry Producers Remain Fearful

Black Sea Agreement Uncertainty Supports Wheat

Iowa's Fencing Laws Remain Unchanged

In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws are the Leading Edge of a Pushback Against Growing Corporate Power

USDA Projects Farm Income Will Fall in 2023 After Two Robust Years

Heat Going into June Will Increase Soil Moisture Troubles

Black Sea Grain Deal Slow to Get Moving After Extension

Corteva's Carbon Initiative

Beginning Farmers Get Help to Secure Capital

Spiking Farmland Values Squeeze Young Farmers

May 2023

Semi Truck Values Soften as New Inventory Increases

One Tractor Month, Two Tractor Stories

Cannibalism of US Farm Ground

Three Steps to Protect Yield from Crop Disease in 2023

After an Ugly Week Are the Grain Markets Signaling a Major Price Reset Similar to 2013?

USDA Launches $3.1 Billion Climate-Smart Initiative

Are Prices on a Slippery Slope?

Corn Belt to See Warmer Days Ahead After Early May Frost

April 2023

Biden Administration Sees Year-Round Sales of Higher Ethanol Fuel by 2024

The Truth About Soil's Ability to Sequester Carbon

Lack of Right-to-Repair May Cost Farmers More than $3 Billion, Says Survey

Lessons From a Lifetime of Farming: The Story of Lin Warfel

Iowa Farmland Values Flat

USDA Says Farmers Will Plant More Corn and Wheat in 2023

Farmland Values May Peak in 2023

How to Transition the Farm is a Hard Discussion But One That Must Take Place

March 2023

Iowa Land Prices Stay Strong in New Year

Five Reasons to Be Bullish on Cattle

Your Winter - Early Spring Cattle Checklist

Brazil's Second Corn Crop Planting Continues to Trail Behind Average Pace

Beef Cow Herd to Shrink for Years to Come

February 2023

Tax Rules for Farm Truck Depreciation

The Art of Planting

U.S. Farmers Plan to Go 'Heavy on Corn' in 2023 Despite Risks

Lessons from the War in Ukraine

Drone Technology Offers New Approach to Combat Weeds

January 2023

Case IH Purchases Minority Stake in Soil Data Measurement Company Earthopics

Forecasted Rain in Argentina Too Late to Salvage Crops

Soybean Harvest is Just Beginning in Brazil. Here's What the Crop Looks Like

Is a Contract Sale Still a Good Option?

High Egg Prices Should Be Investigated, U.S. Farm Group Says

Take Page from Gen Z on New Year's Resolutions

Farm Bureau, Deere & Co. Sign MOU Ensuring Farmers' "Right to Repair" Equipment

Strong Farmland Values to Continue Into 2023

Corteva to Acquire Stroller Group

Challenging Growing Conditions Continue for Argentina

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