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Missouri SCN lab set to open soon
Crop

Missouri SCN lab set to open soon

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Construction progresses on the new University of Missouri Soybean Cyst Nematode Diagnostics Lab.

Way We Live Award honors Zihlman Family Farms
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Way We Live Award honors Zihlman Family Farms

Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.

USDA refines farm data collection
News

USDA refines farm data collection

BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

Graves-Chapple field day digs in to crop growth
Crop

Graves-Chapple field day digs in to crop growth

ROCK PORT, Mo. — On an overcast late-August day, University of Missouri Extension agronomists and specialists talked about crop productivity, technology and ongoing research at the annual MU Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center field day.

ISU farm marks 50 years
News

ISU farm marks 50 years

NASHUA, Iowa — Staff are excited for the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration at the Iowa State University Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm open house 2-7 p.m. Sept. 10.

Inside the Peterson Farm Brothers’ CROPLAN® Soybean Season: See the Decisions That Shaped It
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Inside the Peterson Farm Brothers’ CROPLAN® Soybean Season: See the Decisions That Shaped It

The Peterson Farm Brothers, Greg, Nathan and Kendal, are fifth-generation farmers working the land in central Kansas. Although many might know them from their popular farming content on YouTube and other social media channels, their day-to-day still revolves around raising beef cattle and gr…

Nebraska

Water is life for Nebraska tribe’s ranch
Livestock

Water is life for Nebraska tribe’s ranch

“He was light years ahead of other people,” Mike Crosley said. “I’m trying to do it just like him.”

Lakeview FFA cultivates talent
News

Lakeview FFA cultivates talent

The Lakeview FFA Chapter has a very exciting year full of lots of activities and opportunities. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to agricultural education while expanding our involvement within the community. Our chapter is proud to be recognized as one of the premier chapte…

USDA refines farm data collection
News

USDA refines farm data collection

BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

New exhibitors, features bring excitement to 2026 Husker Harvest Days
News

New exhibitors, features bring excitement to 2026 Husker Harvest Days

New and exciting are the top two words to describe the 2026 Husker Harvest Days. New Outdoor Zone. New Ag Tech Pavilion. New field demos. New exhibitors, speakers and sponsors.

The real brains of the operation
Glenn Brunkow

The real brains of the operation

The boss was gone this week and too busy to write his column. Lucky for me he left his computer out and I decided to tell the world just what it is like to be his dog.

Livestock Roundup 09-04-26
Livestock Roundup

Livestock Roundup 09-04-26

Wisconsin

Festival celebrates sheep, wool
Livestock

Festival celebrates sheep, wool

Visitors to the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival will have the opportunity to explore the remarkable diversity of sheep breeds from around the world in the Festival’s popular Hall of Breeds. The exhibit will be open throughout the weekend of Sept. 11 to 13 at the Jefferson County Fair Park,…

Program members sweep first place
Business

Program members sweep first place

Members of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Something Special from Wisconsin program recently placed first in all categories, including Best of Show, at the 2026 Wisconsin State Fair Grand Champion Eats and Treats competition.

Rotational grazing amounts to more than moving cattle
Livestock

Rotational grazing amounts to more than moving cattle

There is a quote from the 1922 U.S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook of Agriculture that is often used, “The cheapest of all feed is pasture because it furnishes a balanced ration at a low cost and the cow does her own harvesting … but, in comparatively few cases is the fullest possible us…

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Most weeks this column focuses on a single topic. But sometimes it’s a mashup, blending two or more different themes into a perfect puree of prose. I never know what I will dig up or what my fried tiny gray cells will find appealing. At the risk of beating the starch out of the topic, this w…

Success blooms on family farm
Crops

Success blooms on family farm

Meet Chris and Sarah Klawitter of Kountry Korner Floral in Polk County, Minnesota. The Klawitters began planting perennials in their yard to enjoy during the warmer months. What started as a passion project eventually became a business plan in January 2023, when the winter weather inspired S…

Imports will discourage recovery
Regional

Imports will discourage recovery

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Illinois

Missouri SCN lab set to open soon
Crop

Missouri SCN lab set to open soon

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Construction progresses on the new University of Missouri Soybean Cyst Nematode Diagnostics Lab.

Way We Live Award honors Zihlman Family Farms
News

Way We Live Award honors Zihlman Family Farms

Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.

USDA refines farm data collection
News

USDA refines farm data collection

BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

Graves-Chapple field day digs in to crop growth
Crop

Graves-Chapple field day digs in to crop growth

ROCK PORT, Mo. — On an overcast late-August day, University of Missouri Extension agronomists and specialists talked about crop productivity, technology and ongoing research at the annual MU Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center field day.

ISU farm marks 50 years
News

ISU farm marks 50 years

NASHUA, Iowa — Staff are excited for the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration at the Iowa State University Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm open house 2-7 p.m. Sept. 10.

Inside the Peterson Farm Brothers’ CROPLAN® Soybean Season: See the Decisions That Shaped It
Exclusive

Inside the Peterson Farm Brothers’ CROPLAN® Soybean Season: See the Decisions That Shaped It

The Peterson Farm Brothers, Greg, Nathan and Kendal, are fifth-generation farmers working the land in central Kansas. Although many might know them from their popular farming content on YouTube and other social media channels, their day-to-day still revolves around raising beef cattle and gr…

South Dakota

Goodbye, Dolly
Columnists

Goodbye, Dolly

I found Dolly Parton when she was at the end of her career. She was a living legend, instead of a stubborn country girl determined to climb the charts.

Comfort food or 'never eat it again'
Columnists

Comfort food or 'never eat it again'

"A friend of my sister's likes duck eggs. Every now and then we accumulate a dozen or so and she seems grateful."

Water is life for Nebraska tribe’s ranch
Livestock

Water is life for Nebraska tribe’s ranch

“He was light years ahead of other people,” Mike Crosley said. “I’m trying to do it just like him.”

As haying operations wrap up, focus turns to harvest
Crop Watchers

As haying operations wrap up, focus turns to harvest

" I am fully moved back to college, and we are officially in full swing on the calving season."

Brent Olson's new historical novel explores courage, choice, and the course of history
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Brent Olson's new historical novel explores courage, choice, and the course of history

Award-winning journalist and author Brent Olson returns with Neither Collar nor Crown: Part Two of King Harald's Dream, a sweeping historical novel that follows one act of defiance as it reverberates across cultures, continents, and the turbulent world of the fourteenth century.

USDA refines farm data collection
News

USDA refines farm data collection

BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

North Dakota

Dry conditions, drought persists despite some rain events
Crop

Dry conditions, drought persists despite some rain events

Light rains in mid-August are relieving dry conditions in a few areas of the state, but the U.S. Drought Monitor shows most of the state remaining in some level of drought as producers finish spring wheat and canola harvest. Soybeans, corn and sunflowers have had plenty of sun this month, bu…

USDA refines farm data collection
News

USDA refines farm data collection

BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

Bock Farms receives a blessing – rain in August
Producer Reports

Bock Farms receives a blessing – rain in August

FOXHOLM, N.D. – At Bock Farms, most of the early spring crops have been harvested, and the fall crops received a nice rain.

Spears combining canola after spring wheat harvest
Producer Reports

Spears combining canola after spring wheat harvest

DRAKE, N.D. – Scott and Rachel Spear dove right into canola harvest on Aug. 20, the same day the last acre of spring wheat was cut and hauled to the bin. 

North Dakota FFA students to take the auction block at inaugural bid-calling camp
State & Regional

North Dakota FFA students to take the auction block at inaugural bid-calling camp

HARVEY, N.D. — The North Dakota Auctioneers Association (NDAA) is inviting FFA members from across the state to learn the art of the chant at its first-ever Fall Bid-Calling Camp, set for Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Steffes Auctioneers in West Fargo. The one-day camp builds toward a live student…

Trade war, EPA uncertainty cloud canola outlook
Crop

Trade war, EPA uncertainty cloud canola outlook

Uncertainty crept into the canola market recently, as an escalating U.S.-Canada trade war and a looming EPA decision on small refinery exemptions both threaten to reshape canola demand just as harvest gets underway across the region. Neither issue has been resolved, and the outcome of either…

Missouri

Missouri SCN lab set to open soon
Crop

Missouri SCN lab set to open soon

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Construction progresses on the new University of Missouri Soybean Cyst Nematode Diagnostics Lab.

Way We Live Award honors Zihlman Family Farms
News

Way We Live Award honors Zihlman Family Farms

Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.

USDA refines farm data collection
News

USDA refines farm data collection

BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

Graves-Chapple field day digs in to crop growth
Crop

Graves-Chapple field day digs in to crop growth

ROCK PORT, Mo. — On an overcast late-August day, University of Missouri Extension agronomists and specialists talked about crop productivity, technology and ongoing research at the annual MU Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center field day.

ISU farm marks 50 years
News

ISU farm marks 50 years

NASHUA, Iowa — Staff are excited for the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration at the Iowa State University Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm open house 2-7 p.m. Sept. 10.

Inside the Peterson Farm Brothers’ CROPLAN® Soybean Season: See the Decisions That Shaped It
Exclusive

Inside the Peterson Farm Brothers’ CROPLAN® Soybean Season: See the Decisions That Shaped It

The Peterson Farm Brothers, Greg, Nathan and Kendal, are fifth-generation farmers working the land in central Kansas. Although many might know them from their popular farming content on YouTube and other social media channels, their day-to-day still revolves around raising beef cattle and gr…

Montana

2026 Montana Angus Tour to showcase cattle in north-central region
Livestock

2026 Montana Angus Tour to showcase cattle in north-central region

The 2026 Montana Angus Tour is set to take place Sept. 22-24, and this year it will showcase cattle and seedstock producers across north-central Montana with the Hi-Line town of Havre, Mont., serving as the tour hub.

USDA refines farm data collection
News

USDA refines farm data collection

BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

Bock Farms receives a blessing – rain in August
Producer Reports

Bock Farms receives a blessing – rain in August

FOXHOLM, N.D. – At Bock Farms, most of the early spring crops have been harvested, and the fall crops received a nice rain.

Decker working to wrap up harvest
Producer Reports

Decker working to wrap up harvest

By late August, harvest was in full swing across the state and, albeit a busy time, the rhythm of it all signals that another production year is winding to a close.

Trade war, EPA uncertainty cloud canola outlook
Crop

Trade war, EPA uncertainty cloud canola outlook

Uncertainty crept into the canola market recently, as an escalating U.S.-Canada trade war and a looming EPA decision on small refinery exemptions both threaten to reshape canola demand just as harvest gets underway across the region. Neither issue has been resolved, and the outcome of either…

Farm Rescue providing hay trucking for drought-stricken families in S.D., N.D., Mont.
Livestock

Farm Rescue providing hay trucking for drought-stricken families in S.D., N.D., Mont.

As drought conditions continue to impact ranchers across the Northern Plains, Farm Rescue is launching Operation Hay Lift, an effort to help farm and ranch families secure the feed they need to care for their livestock.

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