by Dustin Hoffmann | Oct 19, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
We have been talking about it for a while now. The 4R Plus program, the Nutrient Reduction Strategy, cover crops, and so on. We have told you stories of farmers who have made a gradual implementation of practices, and we have introduced you to farmers who cannonballed...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Oct 16, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Changing the calendar over to 2021 is the symbolic end of 2020 and a year that just seems to keep throwing challenges our way. However, as the end of the year approaches, we are having to come to the realization that a few of our issues from this year are going to...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Oct 15, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Marketing our agricultural products is an industry in and of itself. It takes a lot of adaptation and consumer savvy to know how to get the message to a consumer populace that is changing in how it ingests information and what information it wants to have. Compound...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Oct 14, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Since 1999, Agriculture?s Clean Water Alliance (ACWA) has been made up of a group of Ag retailers and other associate members in working to identify and implement solutions to nutrient loss into Iowa?s waters. Along with that work, there has been an annual commitment...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Oct 13, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
2020 has been a year that has tested everything we have known about farming in Iowa. If you were not hit by drought, you were hit by a derecho. It has made Iowa a proving ground for technology, traits, and practices. This includes the 4R Plus practices.Doug Carter...