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Tree farm springs into hectic season

Tree farm springs into hectic season

  • Tim Kenyon

Grow it and ye shall reap the leafy financial rewards for helping to provide shade.

Farmland values relatively stable amid volatile world markets

Farmland values relatively stable amid volatile world markets

  • Benjamin Herrold

Farmland values have mostly leveled off over the last year, with some areas and land types seeing slight increases while others saw slight decreases, according to recent land values surveys.

Laws restrict foreign land owners

Laws restrict foreign land owners

  • Crystal Reed

Over the past decade, foreign ownership of agricultural land has grown, according to the National Ag Law Center, and an interest in restricting and monitoring foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land is growing among federal and state lawmakers.

EPA makes latest attempt to define WOTUS

EPA makes latest attempt to define WOTUS

  • Benjamin Herrold

The EPA continues to grapple with a definition that has eluded the department through five presidencies now.

Crop market focus shifts some to weather

Crop market focus shifts some to weather

  • Crystal Reed

With conflict ongoing in the Middle East, the grain market is looking for other movement.

Negative Choice-Select spread reflects supply

Negative Choice-Select spread reflects supply

  • Benjamin Herrold

The beef Choice-Select spread has been negative for part of April.

Factors drive increase in pigs per litter

Factors drive increase in pigs per litter

  • Benjamin Herrold

The pork industry has seen a long climb in the average number of pigs saved per litter, and recent months have seen the growth rate increase.

Laws restrict foreign land owners

Laws restrict foreign land owners

  • Crystal Reed

Over the past decade, foreign ownership of agricultural land has grown, according to the National Ag Law Center, and an interest in restricting and monitoring foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land is growing among federal and state lawmakers.

EPA makes latest attempt to define WOTUS

EPA makes latest attempt to define WOTUS

  • Benjamin Herrold

The EPA continues to grapple with a definition that has eluded the department through five presidencies now.

Funerals are for paying respect, offering support

Funerals are for paying respect, offering support

  • By Arvid Huisman

As I have grown older, I have witnessed an increasing frequency of funerals. 

Economic toll most acute in rural America

Economic toll most acute in rural America

    DENVER, Colo. — The U.S. economy has continued to perform reasonably well despite a growing constellation of warning signs. However, surging energy costs and extreme volatility in oil markets resulting from the ongoing Middle East conflict could shift the trajectory of the U.S. economy for t…

    Get better hay, returns with small changes

    Get better hay, returns with small changes

      TUSCUMBIA, Mo. — Hay quality has a direct impact on livestock performance and feeding costs, yet many producers lose value long before hay reaches the feeder, said University of Missouri Extension Field Agronomist Rudra Baral.

      Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch Journal

      Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch Journal

        Wayne Koehler grows corn and soybeans in Charles City with his wife of 35 years, Lisa.

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        Joe Sperfslage, East Central Iowa CropWatch Journal

        Joe Sperfslage, East Central Iowa CropWatch Journal

          Joe Sperfslage operates a family farm in Linn County near Coggon, growing 1,800 acres of corn, 800 acres of soybeans and 150 acres of wheat.

          Elyssa McFarland, Southeast Iowa CropWatch Journal

          Elyssa McFarland, Southeast Iowa CropWatch Journal

            Elyssa McFarland is the sixth generation in her family to farm near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. She runs the farm with her husband Dave and parents Tom and Chris McFarland. Her degrees in soil science and soil conservation guide her management of the family’s row crops. The family al…

            Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch Journal

            Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch Journal

              Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel live and farm near Carson, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, with their son, Brock, a high school sophomore, and daughter, Baylee, an eighth grader. 

              Matthew and Nancy Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch Journal

              Matthew and Nancy Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch Journal

                Matthew and Nancy Bormann grow corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County, with their three children, Reece, 15, Quinn, 12, and Greta, 9.

                Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch

                Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch

                  Wayne Koehler grows corn and soybeans in Charles City with his wife of 35 years, Lisa.

                  Elyssa McFarland, Southeast Iowa CropWatch

                  Elyssa McFarland, Southeast Iowa CropWatch

                    Elyssa McFarland is the sixth generation in her family to farm near Columbus Junction in Louisa County. She runs the farm with her husband Dave and parents Tom and Chris McFarland. Her degrees in soil science and soil conservation guide her management of the family’s row crops. The family al…

                    Devin Davis, South Central Iowa CropWatch

                    Devin Davis, South Central Iowa CropWatch

                      Devin Davis’s work on his family farms began at age 10. He eventually returned to work there after attending the University of Northern Iowa, Drake and the Culinary Institute of America. Helping operate 2,000 acres in Warren, Clarke and Madison counties, Davis hopes to boost soil health and …

                      Joe Sperfslage, East Central Iowa CropWatch

                      Joe Sperfslage, East Central Iowa CropWatch

                        Joe Sperfslage operates a family farm in Linn County near Coggon, growing 1,800 acres of corn, 800 acres of soybeans and 150 acres of wheat.

                        Matthew and Nancy Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch

                        Matthew and Nancy Bormann, North Central Iowa CropWatch

                          Matthew and Nancy Bormann grow corn and soybeans near Algona, Iowa, in Kossuth County, with their three children, Reece, 15, Quinn, 12, and Greta, 9.

                          Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch

                          Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch

                            Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel live and farm near Carson, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, with their son, Brock, a high school sophomore, and daughter, Baylee, an eighth grader. They grow corn and soybeans and some cover cropping on a couple thousand acres with Aaron’s dad, Mark, and uncle, Condo…

                            Crop market focus shifts some to weather

                            Crop market focus shifts some to weather

                            • Crystal Reed

                            With conflict ongoing in the Middle East, the grain market is looking for other movement.

                            Negative Choice-Select spread reflects supply

                            Negative Choice-Select spread reflects supply

                            • Benjamin Herrold

                            The beef Choice-Select spread has been negative for part of April.

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