Beef. It seems like the kind of commodity that would be simple, straightforward, easy to understand. Except … it’s not. The industry’s long hi…
I appreciate the effort people like Matt Russell (executive director of Interfaith Power and Light) put into a conversation on improving our w…
It’s been an eventful past 12 months for ag colleges across the country as they worked to continue education during the challenges of the coro…
Let’s talk tires, track systems and compaction.
Matt Russell is executive director of Interfaith Power and Light, an organization “mobilizing a religious response to global warming.”
Sleep is essential to our well-being, but for many people, it can be elusive.
The old man and the old woman had spent the pandemic year home alone. With little work to do around the house and few community events to enjo…
In a way, meteorology has been a way for Jim Rasor to stay on the farm, though he’s a long way from it.
A question for retired folks: Do you remember the first time you were offered a senior discount? Hopefully, that occurred sometime after you q…
Paul W. Johnson, the former head of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources after that, pas…
The smell of newly mowed first-cutting hay is the promise of early summer. I find its aroma to be nearly magical, bringing memories of earlier…
Congressman Randy Feenstra was born and raised in Hull, Iowa, where he has served as city administrator, Sioux County treasurer and Iowa state…
My grandmother was a disciple of the Farmer’s Almanac. She was full of old wives’ tales. She could talk for hours on end about most anything. …
Our Iowa and U.S. lawmakers are going to shove another repugnant thing down our throats — Daylight Savings Time (DST) all year long. It’s bein…
I was thrilled to read an AP article in the Feb. 13 issue of Iowa Farmer Today telling how hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers are marchin…
Here’s a bit of interesting information: Ten to 12% of the world’s population is left-handed. And more men than women are left-handed.
In the midst of our recent cold spell, I listened to a podcast that was recorded nearly a year ago, before we knew what the COVID-19 pandemic …
Bill Leigh’s term as Illinois Corn Growers Association president coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. The central Illinois corn and soybean f…
One of the sadder realities of growing older is the loss of so many people who played an important role in your life.
In June 1991, a panel of representatives of their fields presented insights about sustainable agriculture and sustainable mental health during…
As I’m writing this article, I glanced out my window at weather that’s nowhere near spring. This is the time of year, though, that we know the…
Maggie Handfelt of East Dubuque, Illinois, has been named the Illinois state winner of the 2021 Growmark essay contest for FFA members. The th…
The credit for the invention of the boomerang goes to the Aborigines. Prehistoric man would throw stones or sticks at prey. Eventually, they r…
Thad Simons has taken a circuitous agricultural journey, from Georgia farms to Europe and finally to St. Louis.
As we run headlong into the spring planting season, there are quite a few agronomic issues you’re facing, including seed bed prep, soil temper…
How are you spending your COVID-19 days? Do you feel isolated from others? Are you content to just wait until things improve?
If I were a carpenter...