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Iowa farm goes for almost $4 million

Iowa farm goes for almost $4 million

A 230-acre farm in Grundy County, Iowa, owned continually by the same family since plows first turned ground in the prairies in the 1870s, sold at a recent auction for almost four million dollars. Successful Farming says the Iowa century farm is historically significant in the state and has some of Iowa’s highest quality cropland. More than 91 acres, or 40 percent of the land, have a perfect 100 Corn Suitability Rating (CSR2). The overall weighted average for the land is a still-high 95.2....

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USDA’s ACEP gets a funding boost, keeps farmers farming

USDA’s ACEP gets a funding boost, keeps farmers farming

Another revenue source to keep farmers farming is getting a boost from the USDA. Under Secretary Robert Bonnie says the new funds will help conserve farmlands and wetlands. The program continues a strategy by Secretary Tom Vilsack to use the Inflation Reduction Act...

U.S. Export Sales Report (3-21-24)

U.S. Export Sales Report (3-21-24)

Another status quo report for export sales this week, and seeing a neutral report was nice in the face of some heightened volatility throughout the day of its release. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave a breakdown of the numbers. Soybeans in particular were...

Solid vaccination program crucial for spring turnout

Solid vaccination program crucial for spring turnout

A sound vaccination program is crucial to any cattle operation, especially when it comes to preparing calves for spring turnout. Dr. D.L. Step, professional services veterinarian for Boehringer-Ingelheim, says an early vaccination program for calves can amplify herd...

New EPA tailpipe standards raise concerns from ag groups

New EPA tailpipe standards raise concerns from ag groups

The National Corn Growers Association expressed grave concern and disappointment with the Environmental Protection Agency’s final 2027-2032 tailpipe emissions standards. NCGA says the plan still relies almost exclusively on using electric vehicles, a decision that...

Stabenow says no new farm bill if GOP insists on SNAP cuts

Stabenow says no new farm bill if GOP insists on SNAP cuts

Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow repeated her threat to oppose a new farm bill if Republicans insist on taking funds from nutrition or conservation programs to fund it. Stabenow told Agri-Pulse’s Ag and Food Policy Summit her earlier White House farm bill comments were...

Will moisture return for the spring planting season?

Will moisture return for the spring planting season?

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...

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Growing world record soybeans

Growing world record soybeans

Farmers start every growing season to grow the best crop they can and improve their yields year after year. Certainly, we can grow high-yielding crops, and in soybeans we turn heads the closer we get to those triple-digit yields. But what if you could grow over 200...