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Beefing up athletic potential

Beefing up athletic potential

Athletes often overlook one of the most critical components of performance: nutrition. Yet a well-balanced fueling plan can make a measurable difference in strength, recovery, and overall success. That’s where Build Your Base comes in, a comprehensive sports nutrition program that utilizes beef as its premier protein. Designed to support athletes and their families year-round, this initiative provides practical tools to help athletes perform at their best while building lifelong healthy...

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Naig urges Senate action on Farm Bill

Naig urges Senate action on Farm Bill

The House has passed its version of the Farm Bill, but Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says the focus now turns to the Senate, where the legislation could face a much more difficult path forward. Naig said House passage was an important step toward giving farmers...

News from May Cattle on Feed Report

News from May Cattle on Feed Report

The May Cattle on Feed Report offers some of the latest trends from the cattle feedlots. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell provides some details. Total inventory was up 2% year over year, that was driven in part by a 6% increase in April of cattle placed in...

Enrollment underway for cover crop incentive program

Enrollment underway for cover crop incentive program

Farmers for Soil Health has opened enrollment for its 2026 cover crop incentive program, offering higher payments and shorter contract terms aimed at encouraging broader participation among row-crop producers. The farmer-led initiative said enrollment will remain open...

Fertilizer issues have taken on a life of their own

Fertilizer issues have taken on a life of their own

Fertilizer prices were already elevated before hostilities broke out between the U.S. and Iran, but input prices have since reached even higher heights due to supply chain issues in the Strait of Hormuz. Corey Rosenbusch, President and CEO of the Fertilizer Institute,...

Central America is a growing market for U.S. red meat exports

Central America is a growing market for U.S. red meat exports

Central America will continue to be a growing market for exports of U.S. pork and beef, due in large part to the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Ricardo Zúniga, founding partner of Dinámica Americas and featured speaker at the U.S....

The Sound of Sacrifice: Butterfield’s Lullaby

The Sound of Sacrifice: Butterfield’s Lullaby

If you slept through history class, you did not miss anything about General Daniel Butterfield. Nobody really talks about him. However, there is not an American who does not know at least something about him, even if they do not realize it. AUDIO: Profit Matters...

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Naig urges Senate action on Farm Bill

Naig urges Senate action on Farm Bill

The House has passed its version of the Farm Bill, but Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says the focus now turns to the Senate, where the legislation could face a much more difficult path forward. Naig said House passage was an important step toward giving farmers...

News from May Cattle on Feed Report

News from May Cattle on Feed Report

The May Cattle on Feed Report offers some of the latest trends from the cattle feedlots. USDA livestock analyst Michael McConnell provides some details. Total inventory was up 2% year over year, that was driven in part by a 6% increase in April of cattle placed in...