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Delivering best practices for using manure on farms
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (829+ words) Melissa Wilson is many things: a soil scientist and water quality specialist, a UMN professor, an educator and a mentor. But her real expertise is in manure." "I cannot say that growing up, I thought I would be a manure…...
Farm and Food File: Three honest questions needing three honest answers
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (623+ words) In yet another effort to explain the 2025 changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs), a mid-June headline in a widely respected farm newspaper carried this news: "Milk pricing explained: 'New negative' is actually a positive." Astonishing as that reality-defying…...
Updated publication helps beef producers develop growth implant strategy
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (295+ words) AMES, Iowa " Few technologies offer a greater return on investment for beef cattle than growth implants, and a newly updated publication from Iowa Beef Center can help producers with these management decisions. When used as part of a proper strategy,…...
Cyclone Cattle Feeder Days held across Iowa in August
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (154+ words) AMES, Iowa " Iowa cattle feeders are encouraged to attend one of four upcoming Cyclone Cattle Feeder Days, scheduled for Aug. 24"27 in Carroll, Monticello, Osage and Orange City. Important topics in feedlot production, research updates, new technologies and a market outlook…...
Prairie Fare: Family meals offer nourishment and much more
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (723+ words) Did the mother feed them?" I asked my husband. I haven't seen her come by lately," he replied. I looked out the window to catch a glimpse of our little backyard zoo. A mother rabbit had created a nest in…...
New resources offer pricing and Farmers Market guidance for food businesses
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (314+ words) AMES, Iowa " The'Food Innovation and Business Hub, part of the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach'Farm, Food and Enterprise Development'team, has released two resources to help food business owners prepare for farmers market days and better understand production costs, pricing…...
Field day to demonstrate and explore new beef production technology
2+ week, 6+ day ago (256+ words) AMES, Iowa " The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University and South Dakota State University Beef Extension are partnering to showcase, demonstrate and discuss a variety of new tools and techniques in beef production at a northwest Iowa field day....
Prairie Fare: From field to fork " Do you know where your food comes from?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (429+ words) Most of us visit a grocery store regularly to buy food, or perhaps you order food for delivery to your home. Have you ever stopped to think where that food originates? You may be a farmer yourself, or you may…...
Farm and Food File: Big Bacon's Farm Bill carve-out needs to be carved out
3+ week, 2+ day ago (628+ words) Farm Bills are often loaded with "special interest" lard that favors, say, crop insurance companies, international grain merchandisers, meatpackers, and other farm and food players looking for an unearned edge in the marketplace. Few special ag interests today slide on…...
Focus on Ag: Crop development mixed across upper Midwest
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (1256+ words) farmforum. net Focus on Ag: Crop development mixed across upper Midwest The Spring planting season of 2026 has been a mixed scenario for farmers across the Upper Midwest. Favorable weather conditions from late April until mid-May allowed for corn and soybean…...