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Landus taking an even greater focus on mental and physical health

Landus taking an even greater focus on mental and physical health

Farming is one of the most stressful jobs in the world. Not only is there weight on every farmer’s shoulders to feed the world, but there’s also plenty of other mental and physical challenges they have to overcome on a daily basis. Landus is creating an even bigger focus on maintaining strong overall health with the recent hiring of Dr. Dehra Harris as Senior Director of Training and Performance. Dr. Harris is joining Landus after some time supporting Major League Baseball athletes as the...

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South American Weather and Crop Update (4-24-24)

South American Weather and Crop Update (4-24-24)

Variable amounts of rain can be seen across South America currently. This is good news for Argentina, as they have been worried about getting too much rain. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest weather conditions. McBride said harvest...

USTR Tai insists efforts underway to ease Brazil ethanol tariffs

USTR Tai insists efforts underway to ease Brazil ethanol tariffs

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai insists that U.S. efforts to get Brazil to ease its protectionist tariffs on American ethanol are being taken seriously. However, United States congress members have pushed back pointing out that Brazil increased its duties on...

Farmers oppose sale of Iowa fertilizer plant

Farmers oppose sale of Iowa fertilizer plant

The University of Illinois Farm Policy News says Iowa farmers told officials that they should block the sale of the Iowa Fertilizer Company to Koch Industries. The sale is worth 3.6 billion dollars. Farmers attending the Iowa Farmers Union’s listening session told...

Secretary Naig recaps legislative session for agriculture

Secretary Naig recaps legislative session for agriculture

Now that the state legislature has wrapped up their session, it’s time to look back at a few things that were of concern to agriculture. Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig had a few policies he was most concerned about, and those were foreign land ownership and Meat...

Recent rains are quenching one of Iowa’s longest droughts

Recent rains are quenching one of Iowa’s longest droughts

Over the past few months, the weather has largely been characterized by warmer-than-normal temperatures. Since the ground didn’t freeze as hard, that means the recent storms have been able to get moisture deeper into the soil. Iowa State Climatologist Dr. Justin...

Despite HPAI outbreak, U.S. milk is still safe to drink

Despite HPAI outbreak, U.S. milk is still safe to drink

The last couple of years have seen outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the spring and fall as temperatures change. However, this year has seen an unusual outbreak of the virus among dairy cattle. Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau...

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