LONE TREE, Iowa — Chad Yoder has steered his family pork operation for lasting sustainability in southeast Johnson County.
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- Benjamin Herrold
Dustin Coleman’s journey to become a pork producer started 15 years ago when he was looking for a job.
- Benjamin Herrold
Ongoing producer education is a priority for pork producers and organizations.
- Crystal Reed
The past few years have been tough for pork producer Aaron Bertan of Paxton, Illinois.
- Crystal Reed
For years, the Baby Boomer generation has led in U.S. pork consumption.
- By Nat Williams for Iowa Farmer Today
Some new corn hybrids short in stature may be long on promise.
- Tim Kenyon
Agriculture businesses and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are settling final details for the second Choose Iowa Fall Crawl Oct. 9-10.
- By Nat Williams for Iowa Farmer Today
Some new corn hybrids short in stature may be long on promise.
- Tim Kenyon
Agriculture businesses and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are settling final details for the second Choose Iowa Fall Crawl Oct. 9-10.
- Crystal Reed
Disappointment with the outcome of trade negotiations between the U.S. and China led to soybean prices down on Monday, Sept. 28, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Benjamin Herrold
The USDA’s September report on hog and pig inventory, released Sept. 24, showed lower hog inventory than the same time a year ago.
New pre-emergent chemistry offers hope for growers battling the most aggressive resistant weeds in North America.
- Tim Kenyon
Opportunities don’t always fall into our hands. Sometimes it takes reaching out and grabbing them.
- Benjamin Herrold
With the U.S. cattle inventory at its lowest in 75 years, the industry continues to watch for signs producers are retaining heifers and starting to grow the national cattle herd.
Twenty-five years ago, our nation mourned as nearly 3,000 Americans, including 400 firefighters, police officers and emergency medical personnel, perished in terrorist attacks on our own soil.
- IFT photos by Crystal Reed and Zoe Martin
Wildflowers bloom and bees and butterflies keep busy at Douglas-Hart Nature Center in Coles County, Ill., Broemmelsiek Park in St. Charles County, Mo., and Rock Springs Conservation Area in Macon County, Ill.
- Crystal Reed
A4-H member from Illinois was one of three recently selected to serve as a member of the Young Alumni Advisory Committee. YAAC connects emerging leaders with opportunities to continue to contribute to 4-H.
This is a fictitious letter I created to summarize a common complaint. I attribute it to a rural woman I will call “Carol.” These thoughts capture the distress many women feel about the quality of their marital relationships in farm and ranch family business operations.
- Benjamin Herrold
Tech schools and community colleges continue to provide ag education with new facilities, college farms and work experience programs.
- Crystal Reed
Jess Smithers was raised on a grain and livestock farm in western Illinois. He has more than 25 years of experience in agricultural education, which includes the past eight years in his role of director of agricultural programs at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois.
From identifying crop problems to turning years of field data into management guidance, artificial intelligence is moving closer to the decisions producers make every day. University of Nebraska researchers want to know how producers and future agricultural professionals view this changing r…
- Crystal Reed
As artificial intelligence applications become more sophisticated and widely used — and as more money gets poured into developing these applications — the computing needs become greater.
- Benjamin Herrold
Harvest will tell the final story of this year’s crops, but timely rains have helped them look promising in many parts of the Midwest.
- Crystal Reed
University of Illinois researcher Salah Issa has been spreading the farm safety message this year on a broad range of topics with the help of on-the-ground experience.
- Nat Williams for Lee Agri-Media
Most seed put into the ground in the Midwest is treated, but the jury is still out as to the most effective use of chemical and biological additives. There’s little doubt that treatments are beneficial but there’s much to be learned.
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