The recent yearly survey of Iowa?s cash rental rates for farmland shows rates jumped by nine percent so far in 2023. The average is now $279 per acre, the highest average value on record. This new peak rate is three percent higher than the previous high of $270 in 2013. By way of ...
Latest 2024 farm income forecast shows overall decrease from 2023 By Cami Koons - December 3, 2024 Iowa officials sue federal government over voter citizenship information By Robin Opsahl - December 3, 2024 Will Trump and Republicans quash the FBI headquarters move to Maryland? BY Jennifer Shutt...
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Like Erin, Bob thinks it is important to show the variety of careers, but also help kids figure out how they can go home to the family farm and grow it. If you’re looking for ways to engage your grades 4-12 students with pork production this Porktober, the Iowa Agriculture Literacy...
Machado recently led aresearch project at ISUto quantify how much a PRRS outbreak impacts antibiotic use on a pig farm. The study found that injectable and water antimicrobial use in groups of nursery pigs increased 379 percent during the 15-week epidemic ...
The station plans to air Gospel music, local church programming, and local talk shows. FCC Monitor Posted on March 18, 2024 The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by...
Margaret Rudkin’s dream of a new state-of-the-art bakery for her company, Pepperidge Farm, was finally realized when she cut the ribbon on a new space in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1947. The bakery helped her streamline production and make Pepperidge Farm the brand it is today. 1948: Gene...
An annual survey of farmers, custom operators and managers in Iowa shows prices could face increases for custom services this year. The survey, conducted by Iowa State University,includes percentage changes by category of custom services in 2023 compared to 2022. The data show the largest...
Iowa's Driftless Region is also home to the nationally recognized Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit seed bank housed at an 890-acre heritage farm near Decorah, in the northeast corner of the state.[195][196] The largest nongovernmental seed bank of its kind in the United States, Seed Sa...
After about six hours, the total weight of their mushroom haul was 136 pounds. They gave away five pounds and then took a picture of themselves with the sign that shows "131 pounds." Unbelievable. Nici Jimmy JohnsonMonday, May 9, the pair went mushrooming again. That day they harvested ...