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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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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...

Quickshot enhances growth and performance to maximize crop potential

Quickshot enhances growth and performance to maximize crop potential

A new crop year means that many companies have introduced new products into the marketplace. Helena Agri-Enterprises launched a new crop nutrition product called Quickshot at this year’s Commodity Classic in Houston, Texas. Jason Gregory, brand manager for Coron and...

Navigating to Farm Progress Show in 2024 just got easier

Navigating to Farm Progress Show in 2024 just got easier

Each year the Farm Progress Show changes locations from Decatur Illinois to the show site in Boone Iowa, with Illinois hosting in odd-numbered years and Iowa in even-numbered years. The Farm Progress Show returns to Boone this August and will be held Tuesday August...

Celebrating Agriculture in Eastern Iowa

Celebrating Agriculture in Eastern Iowa

The vital role all involved in eastern Iowa agriculture play in regard to creating an affordable, safe and reliable food supply and driving local economies on display recently at the Jones County Beef Banquet. Each year for the past 85 years, the Eastern Iowa...

NPPC applauds USDA purchase of more pork for nutrition programs

NPPC applauds USDA purchase of more pork for nutrition programs

Using funds from its Commodity Credit Corporation, the Department of Agriculture is purchasing an additional 33.5 million pounds of pork — worth more than $78.6 million — for distribution to various food nutrition and assistance programs. Earlier this year, USDA...

FMC Adastrio™ Fungicide offers three modes of action

FMC Adastrio™ Fungicide offers three modes of action

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...

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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...