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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.
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Montana Safflower, a cold-press oil company owned by Montana Farmers Union (MFU), held its grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, April 13, in Great Falls, Mont. The business represents the crossroads where innovation and Montana-grown quality meet to create a value-added, end-use …
- Julie_Belschner
SAN ANTONIO – Marion Calmer often shares the stage with Fred Below, University of Illinois crop expert, through the years at Commodity Classic; the two long-time friends talk crops research. Calmer's been farming for 50 years and doing on-farm research for 40 years. He’s been no-tilling for …
- Janelle Atyeo
A multinational, farm-by-farm study of regenerative agriculture is offering farmers validation and hope.
- Paula Peterson
Right this very minute down on the farm, I am remembering Rule 1 in farming with livestock. If you move bulls from one pasture to another, it is a fabulous idea to make sure all the gates are shut inside the barn where the pasture they moved to has access.
- 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.
- Sue Roesler
FOXHOLM, N.D. – In gently rolling Prairie Pothole countryside, fifth-generation farmers Brandon and Jessie Bock are innovative owners and operators of Bock Farms on the eastern edge of northwestern North Dakota.
- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
SPARTA, Wis. – Little wooden boxes are mounted on posts in almost every community. They come in different shapes, sizes and colors. But they all offer the same thing – free books.
- Bernt Nelson and Autumn Lankford Higgins American Farm Bureau Federation
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Drought conditions in many major cattle-producing regions of the U.S. could be an obstacle to herd rebuilding efforts.
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DRAKE, N.D. – Within the rolling hills and long fertile valleys in central North Dakota, fourth-generation progressive farmers Scott and Rachel Spear raise their crops as equal partners in their farming operation. They have three fifth-generation children, Emma, 20, Lydia, 18, and Everett, 14.
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Burn area needs precipitation and time for grass regrowth. Nebraska experts give advice on cattle feeding and grass recovery.
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For Harrisburg FFA member Katelyn Clow, understanding the future of agriculture starts with looking at the past.
- Crystal Reed
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INVERNESS, Mont. – North-central Montana has been synonymous with farming ever since homesteaders started to flood into the area in the early 20th century. Undeterred by the grasshoppers and elements and fueled by strong Nordic convictions, these early farming pioneers, by the grace of God, …
- Lynn Grooms For Agri-View
STOUGHTON, Wis. – Few businesses and even fewer people live to see 114 years of age. But the Sime family farm just outside Stoughton has. Bruce and Kim Sime received Century Farm Recognition at the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair. Their family’s farm was established in 1912 by his great-grandfathe…
- Sue Roesler
Bayer Crop Science operates approximately 8,000 acres of farmland across Oahu, Maui, and Molokai in Hawaii, where more than 90 percent of the global supply of feed corn for seed is grown.
- Jaclyn Wilson
Back from travel abroad, Jaclyn Wilson catches up on the ranch and shares some packing trips from her journey.
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The canola market continues to show strength recently as the market is said to be supported by higher crude oil prices and higher soybean oil prices, according to analysts. The current situation in the canola industry is increasing crush capacity along with record crush margins, increasing e…
- Lynn Grooms For Agri-View
DEERFIELD, Wis. – “We wouldn’t be where we are today without Biological Farmer Friends (of the Lower Yahara),” says Grace Link of Bosben Rd. Beef Company, a beef and crop farm near Deerfield.
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