Timing is everything when it comes to producing quality hay.
Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in tackling terminology this month.
Mark Licht is an associate professor and Extension cropping systems specialist in the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University.
Irrigation can be a major tool for agriculture, but the ability to use it can vary widely depending on the local groundwater situation.
Numbers like this tell the story as planting season nears: Some part of Iowa has been in drought conditions for 156 consecutive weeks as of April 4.
Right this very minute down on the farm we are all hands-on deck. Calving is going very well. Out of 19 heifers, 18 calved within three weeks …
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Thirty years ago, the weather on Annie Doerr’s family ranch felt reliable. Now that she’s taken over from her parents, it’s been anything but.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. — In the Midwest, being prepared for spring storm and tornado season is a necessity, according to a University of Missouri Exten…
“Let’s GO!” seems to be the common theme around here the past few weeks.
Despite big snowfall totals in January and rains throughout the Midwest, drought features prominently across Iowa and Missouri at the start of March.
“If you would’ve told anybody we’d produce a record corn crop in the middle of June, people would have thought you were crazy,” says Brian Weihmeir.
The 2024 growing season sounds a little like engaging in warfare with hail, tar spot and volatile markets as the enemy. Come spring planting, the only thing farmers can do it tighten their bootstraps and enter the combat zone.
With more soybeans needed to fill crush facilities that are coming online for harvest 2024, soybean production is expected to explode in North…
LINCOLN, Neb. — Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study that shows how the depletion of groundwater — which many farmers …
While drought has been prevalent for many farmers in the Midwest over the past several years, crop researchers are finding ways to persevere.
By midcentury, the benefits of irrigating corn and soybeans will outweigh the costs in North Dakota and other Upper Midwestern states, accordi…
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