Mother Nature is imposing changing and challenging Midwest conditions this growing season.
- Mark Conlon
Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of reports and updated numbers coming out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Unfortunately for durum, there has been little, if any, market reaction. As a result, prices have remained the same as they’ve been the past several weeks, even as o…
- John Sumwalt For Agri-View
There was once a deeply troubled church that could not keep any pastor for more than a year or two. Eight pastors had come and gone in 11 years, all of them at the request of the congregation after controversy with one of the longtime leaders. The church blamed the bishop for sending them in…
- Crystal Reed
All farmers know weather is unpredictable. Most just hope to avoid disaster.
- Sheri Poore
Friends, the recipe box is getting empty! But you can help fix that problem—and be eligible to win a prize while you're at it.
- Benjamin Herrold
Native warm-season grasses can benefit pastures, especially during the hot summer months. University of Missouri Extension Agronomist Valerie Tate said they can complement cool-season grasses.
- By Linda Geist, University of Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. — There is nothing quite like the pure bliss of biting into a crisp slice of ice-cold watermelon on a sweltering July day.
- Mark Conlon
Sunflower acreage for oil-type sunflower is higher this year in North Dakota and South Dakota, according to USDA’s planted acreage report that was released at the end of June.
- By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Farmers from across the country are urging the federal government to expedite an investigation of the fertilizer industry as they struggle with “impossibly high input costs.”
- Tim Kenyon
The Iowa PBS documentary Tractor Wars II digs into how the tractor industry changed focus.
- Tim Kenyon
Women play a vital role in U.S. agriculture — contributing through production, advocacy, education, and entrepreneurship, while also improving rural communities through leadership and outreach.
Editor’s note: This column was originally published on March 3, 2003.
- Mark Conlon
Hot, dry weather has taken over the lead in providing direction to the wheat market, as well as the corn and soybean markets. As a result, prices have been moving up and down, depending on the trade’s perception of yield impact.
- Paul Gero For Agri-View
The Jefferson County Fair in southern Wisconsin wrapped up this past weekend. It was Americana at its finest – livestock barns, a truck pull, a rodeo and even an Elvis impersonator. It’s the kind of event that feels timeless – a snapshot of small-town Midwest life.
- Jaclyn Wilson
"The broken record syndrome will be in effect as I’ll say once again, I fully believe in the policy grassroots process."
- Benjamin Herrold
Grain marketing plans take a variety of things into consideration. University of Missouri Ag Economist Ben Brown said ultimately, they are about being intentional.
- Kristen Sindelar
The smoke has cleared, but recovery efforts are still ongoing from the fires earlier this spring.
In America, we can always count on exceptional summertime fairs across the Midwest. These fairs display the best that our industry has to offer — 4-H and FFA competitions, foods for all tastes, agricultural and home life exhibits, carnival rides and a wide range of entertainment.
- Mark Conlon
Summer is when weather is perhaps the most important factor in giving direction to grain markets, and as hot, dry weather swept across much of the Northern Plains in mid-July, it provided a nice boost to corn prices.
- Chris Barncard University of Wisconsin
Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever happy to see him. He is, after all, a weed scientist specializing in the most unwelcome guests that pop up in Wisconsin farm fields.
- Terry Woster
"Few experiences match sitting on the seat of a deep-throated John Deere 720 diesel and glancing back every few seconds to admire the way the freshly cut soil was sliding up the shiny plow shares and tumbling over onto the cut from the previous trip around the field."
- Glenn Brunkow
I have said many times that there is a good reason that in the Bible, we humans are compared to sheep.
- Sue Roesler
ARGUSVILLE, N.D. – When Lindsay and Carl Olson, owners and operators of Olson Hereford Ranch with Carl’s parents, received an APUC grant to help construct a building on their farm/ranch, it wasn’t for more farm storage or for their seedstock cattle.
- Benjamin Herrold
Cattle dressed weights have increased as the industry looks to get the most out of the limited cattle supply. University of Tennessee Ag Economist Charley Martinez wrote in his “In the Cattle Markets” column for the Livestock Marketing Information Center that slaughter, placement and dressed…
- Crystal Reed
Lots of uncertainty is keeping corn and soybean sellers at bay, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Kristen Sindelar
The ultimate livestock judging contest proved to be a trifecta of competition for the approximately 100 4-H’ers during the first annual Heartland Triple Crown Livestock Judging Series.
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
BANGOR, Wis. – “The weather keeps us on our toes, but our main goal remains – growing high-quality feed for our dairy herd,” said Louisa Peterson of Creamery Creek Farms.
- Sue Roesler
At the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Swine Field Day in June, NDSU unveiled its new swine research facility, which is a farrow-to-finish operation with enough space to hold 600 head.
- By Noah Seberger, Bassett, Neb.
"I’ve heard reports of the hay crop being 50-60% of what it was last year. That is what we are seeing, too."
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