by Becca Frazier | Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Turn on Long Hot Summer Day by Turnpike Troubadours and keep on reading… But first, railroads: While there’s been a bright light in shipping agricultural products by rail in the fourth quarter, a new tide is shifting because of labor. We all remember the potential...
by Becca Frazier | Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
The 1930s have been calling—and they want their dairy challenges back. More than 180 representatives from the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Milk Producers Federation, dairy cooperatives, processors, state dairy associations, and dairy farmers from across...
by Becca Frazier | Oct 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
The EPA has put atrazine on the chopping block (well… at least on the trimming table). And many folks aren’t happy. Refresher: Back in 2020, the EPA determined that an “aquatic level of concern” for the herbicide was 15 parts per billion (ppb). But in...
by Becca Frazier | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
In Brazil, soybeans are big business. Supplying 40% of global demand, Brazil is key to this crucial crop’s production. Brazil is also home to one of the most important ecosystems in the world: the Amazon rainforest. See where things are going here? So did some...
by Becca Frazier | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s a new weed in town, and Iowa farmers aren’t feeling cool about it in the least bit. Hello, Asian copperleaf. A nasty plant from the spurge family (but without the milky sap), it can grow as high as 2-3 feet, but normally stays under 18 inches (in Iowa at...
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