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…
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Bill Menner serves as executive director of the Iowa Rural Health Association. He previously served as Iowa’s state director of USDA Rural Dev…
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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.
As the 2020-21 school year wraps up, high school agriculture teacher Kaitlyn Porter reflects on the differences the COVID-19 pandemic brought …
Gretchen and Bill had been married for 35 years. When they first met, Gretchen did not consider herself a farm girl. However, she had been a f…
There have been a number of traumatic events in our area over the past year, including the high profile murder of Anamosa State Penitentiary s…
Dan Farney is the chair of the United Soybean Board. As such he leads the 78-member board that helps decide how the national soy checkoff doll…
Here we are, completely immersed into planting the 2021 corn and soybean crops.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the agency is seeking comments on a department-wide effort to improve and re-imag…
Little did I know when I signed up for Mr. Lumpkin’s course in Folk Music and Literature at the University of Colorado 55 years ago that he wo…
Brian Depew is executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs, based in Lyons, Nebraska. Depew grew up on a family farm in Pocahontas Coun…
When you take your planter out of storage, getting it ready for field work, you’re actually prepping your crop for a successful season.
My second COVID-19 vaccination was administered on a recent Sunday afternoon. Other than some fatigue, I experienced no unpleasant side effects.
Last month’s column on my grandmother’s “Old Wives’ Tales” brought some fun discussion to my office.
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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.”