Paul Lasley retired June 30 as a professor and Extension sociologist at Iowa State University.
BELLEVILLE, Ill. — As president of Eckert’s Inc., Chris Eckert carries on a long family tradition and oversees a multi-location enterprise tha…
The term “compact utility tractor” is certainly appropriate. These smaller-sized units offer the versatility to handle most everyday chores fo…
Yup, it happened again. A few weeks ago my wife was driving our lawn-mower tractor and pulling a cart piled high with weeds and tree branches …
If God had chosen me to be the first man instead of Adam, I would have never fallen for Eve’s “try it, you’ll like it” line. Naked lady or no …
During his final year of a three-year term, Al Lyman represents Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin for the Federation of State …
Joshua Divan is a precision agriculture and conservation specialist with Pheasants Forever in Iowa.
As I write this June 30, the Delta variant mutation first identified in India, has become the fastest-spreading coronavirus variant in the U.S…
In recent days the temperature has been in the 90s where I live. Accordingly, I give thanks daily for my hero, Willis Haviland Carrier, the Am…
There continues to be a growing interest in interseeding cover crops. Depending on your particular farming methods, interseeding a cover crop…
The top federal conservation official in Illinois is easily recognized at the many field days and conferences he attends. He’s the one with th…
What principles did you learn as a child? Did you find them to be helpful later in life? What things do you want to teach your children?
Lori Stern is the executive director of the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service, better known by its acronym MOSES.
I drive a short distance on gravel roads to go check pastured cattle each day. I often stop to pick up a beer can tossed out either to avoid t…
Imagine you own and operate a business where you have a variety of machines, along with interconnected technologies that operate those machine…
“I got one,” my 7-year-old granddaughter announced a couple Sundays ago while fishing with her dad, her two cousins and me.
In reading through emails from IFT Publications readers this past week, a common theme stood out to me. There were five separate emails that e…
Molly Pelzer is the CEO of Midwest Dairy and has more than 35 years of experience working with the dairy checkoff. Midwest Dairy represents 5,…
The rolling hills of northeast Kansas are different from the rolling hills of northeast Iowa. The soils, the seasons, the precipitation and ev…
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, research and development at ag equipment companies stayed active.
Gary Asay owns and manages Asay Farms, a wean-to-finish operation in Illinois that markets 9,500 hogs annually. He also raises corn and soybeans.
As humans, like any other herd species, we are wired to respond when people around us feel strong emotions. We have what are called mirror neu…
John Caupert is executive director of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center, a position he has held since 2006. The center is located o…
Bill Menner serves as executive director of the Iowa Rural Health Association. He previously served as Iowa’s state director of USDA Rural Dev…
This past month, my daughter had the privilege to experience the Iowa FFA convention in Des Moines. What a fabulous experience for the 3,000 y…
The suicide rate of the general population of the U.S. declined during both 2019 and 2020, according to preliminary analyses by the Centers fo…
When it comes to livestock, it’s essential to control input and manage output.