by Dustin Hoffmann | Mar 21, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Yesterday, I saw a tweet from an Iowa farmer showing the dry riverbed in a portion of the Cedar River, and that is not a good sign to start the year. If we were in an El Niño weather pattern like we supposedly have been, we should be seeing moisture, based on...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Mar 20, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Crop protection is a bigger business than the crops themselves. We are dependent on nothing more throughout the growing season. We worry about yield robbers like pests and weeds. Those other life forms survive by targeting our crops, and therefore our profits. And...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Mar 19, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farmers in Iowa are not just talking the talk when it comes to putting in the hard work needed to help advance the agriculture industry for farmers across the country, they are walking the walk as well. Leadership in the industry is provided by everyday farmers who...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Mar 18, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The weather has been throwing us for a loop in agriculture. Whether you are an advocate of permanent climate change, climate cycles, or just luck of the draw; you know that something is going on. No matter what is causing it, we have to be prepared to navigate it to...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Mar 15, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The Farm Bill question is a hot topic as we have discussed in the past few months. There is a lot of worry and concern that the clock is ticking and both sides of the political spectrum have dug their feet in so hard, that politics is going to affect the biggest piece...