July 24, 2025

Animal Nutrition – EP 3

Soybean meal is the foundation of livestock feed in the U.S., and new research shows it’s doing more than providing just protein. Learn more about animal agriculture and the significance of high oleic soybeans coming up next. The post Animal Nutrition – EP 3 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

It’s going to stay hot

A state climatologist says this week’s heat episode will continue through the end of July for many parts of the Midwest. Michigan’s Jeff Andresen says an upper air ridge over the central U.S. is going to be uncomfortable for humans and livestock alike. “Over the next several days and into early next week, that ridge is […] The post It’s going to stay hot appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Central Iowa welcomes thousands of athletes to put ‘new perspective on aging’

Iowa is hosting its first-ever National Senior Games as competition gets underway today, with the formal opening ceremony tomorrow night, including the arrival of the flaming torch on the Iowa State Capitol Grounds. Games spokeswoman Mary Johns says this national sporting event is held every other year. “We’re thrilled to have over 12,500 athletes registered […] View Full Story

Hinson’s ‘Save Our Bacon Act’ touted by eight governors, including Iowa’s

Governor Kim Reynolds and seven other Republican governors are backing federal legislation to override rules requiring that pork sold in California come from hogs raised in pens large enough that the pigs can move around. The governors say in a letter that one state should not be able to regulate livestock production in another state. […] View Full Story

Iowa boy awarded Guinness World Record for most premature baby

An Iowa baby now holds the Guinness World Record for the most premature baby. Nash Keen was born last year at just 21 weeks — so early that most hospitals couldn’t deliver him, but doctors at University of Iowa Health Care resituated the baby at birth and supported him using advanced ultrasound technology to measure […] View Full Story