It’s early May, and you can feel the pace accelerate. Planters are running. Pastures are greening up fast. And the market for small tractors is in high gear.
Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories on recent winners of the Women Impacting Agriculture award sponsored by Iowa State University Extension.
Chances are, if you grew up on a Midwest farm, you were within ear shot of a local radio station that emphasized farm news. It could have been coming from an old, dusty radio in the shop, or the AM station blasting from the car.
In March, livestock auctioneers from across a wide swath of the country came to the Eastern Missouri Commission livestock auction in Bowling Green, Missouri, to compete. It was the first Border Wars Auctioneer Contest, open to auctioneers who work in Missouri or any of the eight states that …
Moisture hasn’t been hard to come by in recent weeks for farmers in the Midwest.
NIANTIC, Ill. — Beyond crops and livestock, farm owners have found creative ways to utilize their land for business opportunities.
Throughout a farmer’s day, farm radio can provide the soundtrack — a flow of information absorbed as the farmer fixes fence, hauls cattle to market or puts in a long day in the field during spring planting.
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Throughout a farmer’s day, farm radio can provide the soundtrack — a flow of information absorbed as the farmer fixes fence, hauls cattle to market or puts in a long day in the field during spring planting.
Recent reports of the first documented case of the H5N1 virus passing from birds to cows — and then from a cow to a person — have generated a lot of press in an age of worry about diseases “spilling over” from wildlife to agricultural animals and humans.
Editor’s note: The following was written by Sydney Vanderhoff, Madison Kovarna and Addie Womack, South Dakota State University Extension beef nutrition field specialists, for the university’s website May 1.
HASTINGS, Iowa — Tina Bakehouse loves life on the farm, but she also enjoys her close proximity to metropolitan Omaha.
Randy Miller of Miller Radio Group thinks farm radio is important mainly because agriculture is the largest industry in all the counties his radio stations serve.
There has been a common theme among growers and researchers at harvest time in recent years — resiliency.
Weather conditions are having an effect on crops domestically and overseas.
Beef prices and finished cattle prices may not fully follow their seasonal tendencies in the months ahead as markets sort through the available information, said University of Tennessee ag economist Andrew Griffith.
Congressional approval of a new farm bill is still on hold as I write this in mid-April 2024. The delay is keeping farmers on edge, along with the people who administer USDA programs concerning crop insurance, supplemental nutrition programs, the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, and…
Derek Fuemmeler has been farming with family all his life. He farms in Chariton, Randolph and Howard counties, with a diversified farm operation. He also works as a certified crop advisor and provides crop consulting services.
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Drew Mizer is a fourth-generation farmer in Saline County, raising corn and soybeans. He farms with his dad and uncle. He graduated from the University of Missouri and came back to farm full time.
Lloyd Ramer farms with family in Knox County. He has been farming since the 1980s, and he keeps a weather diary. His farm includes corn, soybeans, wheat, oats and sheep. He is based at Rutledge. Ramer asked not to be pictured.
Nathan White farms with family in Ray and Carroll counties near Norborne, where they grow soybeans and corn and raise beef cattle. He graduated from the University of Missouri. He serves on the board for the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, on the board for the Norborne Soybean Festiv…
Garrett Riekhof farms with family in Lafayette and Johnson counties, growing corn and soybeans and raising some cattle. He graduated from the University of Missouri, and he currently serves on the Missouri Soybean Association board of directors.
Danny Kuenzel farms with family in Franklin and Gasconade counties. He grows corn and soybeans, with some in the Missouri River bottom and some on the hill ground. He serves on the board for the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council.
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