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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Your farm’s future path might be winding and complex but starting the process can be simple.
Focus on recruitment, references and the interview.
Iowa State University is tapping into its history, scooping up a new tradition while remembering its dairy roots. The Iowa State Creamery just opened this fall, as success for the future meet lessons from the past.
The scene six months ago was grim: farm after farm was forced to dump perfectly good milk, all because it didn’t have a home. Today, the picture looks much more certain, but dairy farmers say they’re still cautious.
Freshly baled hay with more than 20% moisture will heat up and actually reduce the energy level of the hay.
Use for most crops and livestock declined during a 15-year period.
An agreement to revise Section 199A tax reform language, which currently gives farmers a financial incentive to sell through cooperatives, has been reached by lawmakers.
A Florida agri-science teacher and the advisor of the school’s FFA club, was placed on administrative leave after school officials were told that he had students help him drown wild raccoons during class.
Holding a homeowner at knifepoint, a Michigan home invader steals only a glass of milk before fleeing from K9 units.
One of the nation’s largest egg producers says it plans to build a new cage-free farm in eastern South Dakota that will house 3 million egg-laying hens.
Iowa agriculture officials say a majority of the quarantine zones set up around poultry farms infected with bird flu are being lifted.
Custom applicators provide vital services. When facing challenging economic times, however, some growers look to take matters into their own hands.
AgDay’s national reporter Betsy Jibben and Photojournalist Don Green has the story from North Bend, Nebraska.
The company that invented the round hay baler aims to boost customers’ bottom line, starting with the daily mindset of its more than 3,000 employees.
Machinery Pete spotlights the mower manufacturer’s major Friday drawing.
Here are four video clips from inside Broadbent Arena ahead of pulling competitions at the National Farm Machinery Show.
Two products for anhydrous ammonia aim to help farmers cover fields faster and keep anhydrous cooler and safer.
Like anything in life, there are pros and cons to either choice you make. Before you make a decision, understand what you might sacrifice or gain by using certified or bin-run (also called saved or non-certified) seed.
You might pay more than others if your seed choice benefits you more, companies say
Regardless of your strategy, do everything you can to keep corn from having a bad day
What’s the most troublesome weed in the U.S., according to hundreds of weed scientists and Extension agents?
See the latest crop technology from companies like AgBiTech, Innvictis Crop Care, LLC,, Syngenta, and more.
The Japanese beetle is becoming an increasingly prevalent pest in the north-central region of the U.S.
After a disastrous dicamba year in 2016, which saw hundreds of thousands of acres of U.S. farmland affected by off-target movement, 2017 was touted as a year of labels and precision application. However, early reports
This year is stacking up to be a difficult year for row crop farmers. That’s why generating more demand is a top priority for grain organizations, according to interviews with top commodity group leaders. But building d
This week’s fertilizer price action has states in the southwestern corner of our survey area lower as areas farther north continue to firm ahead of spring applications.
Urea and UAN32% favored a weaker tone this week as the rest of the nitrogen segment firmed.
LP is 3 cents lower on the week at $1.01 per gallon. February 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.29 -- up 37 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 5 cents lower on the week at an average of
Gains tallied $0.00 to Declines’ $42.87 in the regional averages.