You cannot afford to miss the 2023 Nebraska Ag Expo. With a novel Innovation Hub, brand new stage area and a strong panel of speakers for the Expo EDU, the Nebraska Ag Expo is sure to impress.
“It maybe wasn’t the worst year ever, but it wasn’t great.”
While the corn market was looking at market factors that included slower feed demand, developments in Ukraine trade interests, and corn harvest, the soybean market was turning south to South America, namely Brazil and Argentina.
We’ve been talking about La Niña — the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern — for going on three years now. People have started to ask us whether all these La Niñas could offset global warming.
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The durum market showed a little more strength in mid-November with prices rallying over $10.
I woke up at 5 a.m., milking time, the day they laid Vince Willis to rest in the Loyd Cemetery just a mile south of our old farm in Richland County, Wisconsin.
PATTONSBURG, Mo. — A fresh blanket of November snow added to the holiday spirit as Carl Holcomb was getting ready for another year selling Christmas trees on his farm in Daviess County, Missouri.
With the 2022 sunflower harvest nearing the end, sunflower prices haven’t seen much movement during the past few weeks.
Brian Campbell is executive director with the Iowa Environmental Council, a nonprofit, nonpartisan alliance of various organization and individuals including county solid waste agencies and conservation boards, the Iowa Farmers Union, hunting organizations and businesses.
Feeder calf sale numbers are ramping up across South Dakota. Fall brings many weaning and selling time decisions. These decisions include options to sell calves at weaning, wean them and hold them for 45 days, background until spring, or retain ownership until the calf reaches yearling or fe…
Life is measured by the passage of time – and the season of deer hunting gives me plenty of moments to reflect on past memories.
Agriculture has come a long way since the Rural Electrification Act led the way to powering up farms more than 80 years ago. Today virtually every farm in America is fully supplied with electricity.
Storms are an annual threat for farmers and their crop. It is not uncommon to hear stories of grain bins being knocked over or destroyed throughout the growing season, leaving producers in a bind when harvest comes around.
Tammi Zentic of Fremont, Nebraska is generating an unusual corn byproduct: jewelry.
"From deer chowing down on our corn crop, to fires burning ground a little too close to home, we are more than happy to open the door for this year’s crop season to head out."
Crop markets took the focus during the final day of Iowa State University’s Pro Ag Outlook.
As the end of the calendar year approaches, the spring wheat market is seeing a lot of volatility and it’s likely to continue, at least for the short-term, if not longer.
URBANA, Ill. — Changing weather patterns have profound impacts on agricultural production around the world. Higher temperatures, severe drought and other weather events may decrease output in some regions, but effects are often volatile and unpredictable.
MARSHFIELD, Wis. – Memory Lane Farm takes visitors to the year 1 – or close to it. Visitors will walk through the streets of Bethlehem – complete with a live nativity and 1st-century craftsmen, bakers and farm animals. The event will fill an historic Wisconsin barn. Sophia the donkey will jo…
From roasted chestnuts to cookies to hot cocoa, the winter season has many foods and beverages that are synonymous with the holidays. Family and friends often gather around Christmas trees, with music and decorations along with the special foods to send out the year on a happy note.
Seed companies seem to keep on growing, and much of that recent growth seems to be in Iowa. A new Wyffels Hybrid facility will be sprouting up in Ames, with ground-breaking in 2023 and service starting in spring 2024.
While drought headlined the season in many Midwestern areas, that meant disease wasn’t nearly as prevalent around the region.
Transitioning the farm or ranch at retirement is a challenge. The lesson is – have a plan. UNL will host the Returning to the Farm workshop Dec. 9-10 at the Holthus Convention Center in York.
Demand for feed corn has decreased lately as the number of cattle on feed has also gone down, according to the latest cattle on feed report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That said, export demand for corn is still doing “okay.”
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Natural hearing loss comes with age, but exposure to a loud environment — common in agriculture — can cause noise-induced hearing loss, said a pair of Kansas State University safety experts.
WESTBY, Wis. – On a fall day in the Driftless Area, 32 people gathered at Branches Winery to explore the current and future state of agriculture in the region. The group was there for more than just the free lunch and fine wine. Farmers, entrepreneurs, public-health professionals, county and…
Some farmers are highly experienced no-tillers, others are expert organic farmers, but not a lot are both.
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A warm, dry fall helped many farmers make quick work of fields, leaving them more time to apply fertilizer, seed cover crops and think through their needs for the 2023 season.
The first week of November, my long-time, best friend from Onida, Bob Yackley, texted me a photo of his grandson and great-grandson, seated in the cab of their combine, about to make the last round of a long season.
Canola prices have come down from their bullish run during in the first part of November. Concerns about COVID lockdowns slowing down Chinese consumption, a global recession next year, and potentially strong production in South America have weighed on commodities, especially vegetable oils. …
"Our harvest is finished and winter weather is here. What an abrupt change in weather conditions."
The biggest concern facing agricultural lenders going into 2023 is interest-rate volatility, according to the 2022 Agricultural Lender Survey report produced jointly by the American Bankers Association and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation – more commonly known as Farmer Mac. Alm…
People probably can’t tell the difference between the “statuses” of the horses in the photos. But Jack Daniels can. His human, Barbara Shannon, recently drove past some nice-looking draft horses; she slowed to point them out to Jack, who is 12 and 110 pounds. He gave a very quick glance at t…
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Transportation, trade and ethanol were big topics at the Illinois Corn Growers Association’s annual meeting in Bloomington Nov. 22.
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Randy Lincoln has been keeping time with a six-foot-tall, illuminated clock on the front of his historic barn in western Jefferson County.
A major difference in Iowa’s 2022 mid-term elections may not affect voters, but could be felt in the results after Nov. 8.
In 2021, the total noncapital living expenses of 1,213 farm families enrolled in the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association averaged $85,828 — or about $7,200 a month for each family. This average was about 12% higher than in 2020.
GENESEO, Ill. — Wyffels Hybrids announced plans for a new site based in Ames, Iowa.
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