The Iowa Soybean Association has been celebrating 60 years of moving the industry forward. On this final episode of Seeds of Success, the organization’s CEO looks ahead at the opportunities for U.S. soybean farmers in the near and long-term future. The post 60 Years and Counting appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A pilot program aims to increase the overall health of residents in the town of Manchester and in Van Buren County. Experts are collecting extensive data on the two eastern Iowa communities. That’s so they eventually know how to make the most strategic investments in public health. Jason Henderson, vice president of Iowa State University’s […] View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of warmer-than-normal weather nationwide, except for near- or below-normal temperatures in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation across most of the country should contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions in the Southeast, extending as far north as the Ohio Valley and parts of the […] The post A range of weather ahead: dry & warmer on the Plains; wetter from the Midwest to the Southeast appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa averages between 20 and 40 inches of snowfall every year, and whether the winter ahead will be warmer than normal or cold and brutal, the winter operations administrator of the Iowa Department of Transportation vows his crews will be ready. Craig Bargfrede says shortly after -last- winter was over, he started stockpiling the essentials. […] View Full Story
Election day is just six weeks away and very few of the 435 races for U.S. House seats are competitive. However, based the amount of advertising alone, two of the congressional races IN IOWA are getting national attention. University of Northern Iowa political science professor Donna Hoffman said about 95% of incumbents in the U-S […] View Full Story
Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig is back from a trade trip with the governor and business leaders to India, where he says the delegation met with folks who could be customers of ours in India in terms of importing, food and agriculture products, “But also had a chance to brag on Iowa a little bit […] View Full Story
Farmers are wondering if export sales can pick up if South America continues to have challenges including dry weather. Tanner Ehmke from CoBank discusses the soybean markets next on today’s Managing for Profit. The post Export sales down, but might pick up appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
