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Utilizing microbes to fight stresses throughout the growing season

Utilizing microbes to fight stresses throughout the growing season

Indigo Ag has developed an innovative process to allow plants to help protect themselves against environmental stresses throughout the growing season with its line of beneficial microbes. Indigo Ag began as a biological seed company in 2017, with a focus on wheat and cotton. Indigo Ag has expanded its product line-up to include corn and soybeans but still helps crops withstand stresses throughout the growing season says Matt Powe, an agronomist with Indigo Ag. There are multiple options for...

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Consumers will have uninterrupted access to E15

Consumers will have uninterrupted access to E15

JOHNSTON, Iowa – April 19, 2024 – The Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA) applaud the EPA for their announcement of continued access throughout the summer months for E15. Using existing authority, this announcement gives consumers ongoing access to E15, a...

Improve beef reproductive efficiency by introducing synchronization

Improve beef reproductive efficiency by introducing synchronization

Improving reproductive efficiency in a beef herd can be as easy as one trip through the chute. Dr. Joe Gillespie, professional services veterinarian with Boehringer-Ingelheim, said beef producers can better forecast calving season and related management with basic...

Congress wanting more action on trade

Congress wanting more action on trade

Trade is a topic of much discussion in agriculture. Our industry thrives on what we send overseas, and other countries depend on our goods that help to feed the world. However, the economic situation around the globe, and especially here at home, has made for some...

Tense exchange on US-Mexico corn dispute in the House

Tense exchange on US-Mexico corn dispute in the House

The still-unresolved dispute with Mexico over its limits on genetically modified corn made for a tense exchange between a Nebraska GOP lawmaker and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai at a recent House Ways and Means Committee hearing. Adrian Smith (R-NE) did not...

Secretary Naig announces 20 Choose Iowa dairy innovation grants

Secretary Naig announces 20 Choose Iowa dairy innovation grants

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that 20 Iowa dairies across 12 counties have been awarded Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grants to increase on-farm dairy processing, incorporate labor saving technology, and expand the availability of Iowa dairy...

Audubon FFA members talk mission trip with GoServ Global

Audubon FFA members talk mission trip with GoServ Global

This past winter, members of the Audubon FFA chapter went on a mission trip to Liberia with GoServ Global to help build homes for those who are in need of shelter. GoServ Global provides support to all people who are in need, and a lot of that support comes in the...

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Congress wanting more action on trade

Congress wanting more action on trade

Trade is a topic of much discussion in agriculture. Our industry thrives on what we send overseas, and other countries depend on our goods that help to feed the world. However, the economic situation around the globe, and especially here at home, has made for some...