What's New?Integrity Welcome In Iowa Agriculture; Incompetence Won’t Be ToleratedSep 23, 2010 6:02 PM | By Kirk Leeds, CEO, Iowa Soybean Association The recent recall of nearly 600 million eggs originating from a north-Iowa producer caused consumers to question the integrity and honor of our farm families and the continued reliability of safe food... More Don’t Apply Nitrogen To Corn and Soybean Fields Just YetSep 23, 2010 6:04 PM | Source: University of Illinois After last year, no producer wanted to be late getting into the fields this fall... More Soybean Checkoff Calls for Samples to Assess Soybean QualitySep 22, 2010 5:42 PM | Source: United Soybean Board The U.S. soybean industry exports more than half of its annual production. Without these exports – valued most recently at $16 billion – fewer profit opportunities would exist for U.S. soybean farmers... More |
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By Richard Brock
Nearly One-Fifth of U.S. Corn Crop Harvested
The U.S. corn harvest remained ahead of schedule next week even though cooler, wetter weather limited harvest progress ...
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By Kent Thiesse
Rain Slows Harvest in Upper Midwest
Frequent rainfall events in the past few weeks across most areas of southern Minnesota and northern Iowa have made many fields very wet ...
Road Warrior of Agriculture
By David Kohl
Lender-Borrower Relationships
Over the course of this year, my involvement in nine ag lending schools has allowed me to keep a pulse on practices in the field...
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