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‘Micro-dairy’ adds diversity to family business

‘Micro-dairy’ adds diversity to family business

  • Crystal Reed

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on the 2025 Iowa Women Impacting Agriculture award winners.

‘Tough to compete with feedlot for cost of gain’

‘Tough to compete with feedlot for cost of gain’

  • By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today

The combination of record calf prices and a short supply of grass has likely translated to less interest in backgrounding calves.

Researchers experiment with agrivoltaics

Researchers experiment with agrivoltaics

  • Crystal Reed

When it comes to the spread of solar energy, it might be possible for crops and panels to coexist.

Drought challenges large cattle regions

Drought challenges large cattle regions

  • Crystal Reed

Calf and feeder cattle markets have been pressured the past couple of weeks, said Andrew Griffith, livestock marketing specialist at University of Tennessee.

Corn scores big points in grain markets

Corn scores big points in grain markets

  • Tim Kenyon

Missouri cowgirl bakes to fund her trick-riding ambitions

Missouri cowgirl bakes to fund her trick-riding ambitions

  • By Laura Handke, For Missouri Farmer Today

In January, the Mark and Rebecca Smajstrla family loaded their livestock, their four daughters and their sense of adventure to make the trek north from Texas in an ice storm the state calls “historic.” Their new home in Weston, Missouri, was calling.

Variety of fencing meets needs on the farm

Variety of fencing meets needs on the farm

  • Tim Kenyon

More comfortable temperatures lately make for opportune conditions to prepare for 2026 fencing needs.

Missouri researchers uncover how plants regulate root growth

Missouri researchers uncover how plants regulate root growth

    What’s the key to growing resilient crops that can survive tough conditions? Researchers at the University of Missouri are getting to the root of it — literally.

    Farmers recall decades of change

    Farmers recall decades of change

    • Crystal Reed

    Variety of fencing meets needs on the farm

    Variety of fencing meets needs on the farm

    • Tim Kenyon

    More comfortable temperatures lately make for opportune conditions to prepare for 2026 fencing needs.

    Short corn offers risk, timing alternative

    Short corn offers risk, timing alternative

    • Crystal Reed

    With an increase in severe storms and high winds, row crop farmers are looking for new ways to work with Mother Nature.

    Ag group rolls out student resources

    Ag group rolls out student resources

    • Tim Kenyon

    Hundreds of Iowa students will continue to get hands-on opportunities to bone up on agricultural knowledge thanks to the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation.

    Missouri rancher rebuilds after car crash

    Missouri rancher rebuilds after car crash

    • By Curt Wohleber, University of Missouri Extension information specialist

    Editor’s note: The following was written by Curt Wohleber, University of Missouri Extension information specialist, for the university’s website March 3.

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    • Janelle Atyeo

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        Editor’s note: The following was written by by Joana Colussi and Michael Langemeier with the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture for the center’s website Feb. 23.

        Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

        Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

        • Crystal Reed

        Trent Ford is the Illinois State Climatologist and has been with the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois since 2019.

        Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

        Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

        • Tim Kenyon

        Tamara Deal sees a bigger picture when it comes to her family farm.

        Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

        Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

        • Crystal Reed

        Amy Heberling of Morrisonville, Illinois, is a fourth-generation, “after-hours” farmer who wears many hats.

        Forecasters watch river flood risk

        Forecasters watch river flood risk

        • By Laura Handke, For Iowa Farmer Today

        Behind the seasonal flooding outlooks released by the National Weather Service is a team of hydrologists and meteorologists that watches the changing conditions across thousands of miles of river, tributaries and watersheds.

        Illinois Beef Expo adds fitting competition

        Illinois Beef Expo adds fitting competition

        • Crystal Reed

        SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This year’s Illinois Beef Expo at the Illinois State Fairgrounds had a new event — a fitting competition featuring seven teams of four people each returned this year.

        Preservation of food pays for family of eight

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        Staci and Jeremy Hill say their work bridges traditional agriculture and cooking skills and modern life, helping families reconnect with how food is grown, preserved and shared.

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