With a new Congress to be seated in January, agriculture experts are looking ahead to the next farm bill.
As the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates in response to rising inflation, the average Illinois grain farmer has various things to consider when analyzing the effect on their farm.
Tim Berry will be taking 12 acres of his of land marked with gullies near a river tributary out of corn and putting it into the Conservation Reserve Program this year.
HUDSON, Iowa — “Great minds” from Hansen’s Dairy recently came together to reproduce a hilarious scene from an iconic holiday movie, said co-owner Blake Hansen.
Farmers have been communicating with the Environmental Protection Agency about keeping atrazine available as a weed control option.
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.
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.
Crop markets took the focus during the final day of Iowa State University’s Pro Ag Outlook.
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.
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.
Some farmers are highly experienced no-tillers, others are expert organic farmers, but not a lot are both.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Transportation, trade and ethanol were big topics at the Illinois Corn Growers Association’s annual meeting in Bloomington Nov. 22.
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.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Larry Van Tassell, director of the Center for Agricultural Profitability at University of Nebraska, for the center’s website.
Spending time with family and friends at Thanksgiving remains important for many Americans, and this year the cost of the meal is also top of mind. Farm Bureau’s 37th annual survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of this year’s classic Thanksgiving feast for 10, which is $64.05 or le…
Despite the 3 inches of rain that came down a week or so ago, my area of the state is still categorized as experiencing “moderate drought.” Central Iowa is largely in a severe drought and several counties in the northwest are experiencing extreme drought.
PETERSBURG, Ill. — Haley Stewart was struck by a beautiful black and white photo of her husband’s Grandpa Jack driving a tractor.
LEROY, Ill. — Kids might not agree about the best thing to eat at Thanksgiving, but many LeRoy Elementary School first graders are thankful for the same thing — family.
Many of Walt Townsend’s harvest memories coincide with Thanksgiving, which usually meant the end of the crop year.
TOLONO, Ill. — Even though he retired three years ago at age 81, Lindel (Lin) Warfel would rather be part of harvest than watching it
Grain movement along the Mississippi Valley is getting back to normal following drought conditions that shut down parts of waterways across the Midwest.
Changes in transportation networks following bottlenecks at California ports in 2021, disruptions of barge traffic on the Mississippi River because of drought, and a potential rail strike continue to create issues affecting farmers.
Many livestock producers across the Midwest are dealing with challenging forage situations heading into winter, with summer drought shortening the hay crop in some areas and a generally dry fall limiting fall forage growth and stockpiling.