A central Minnesota farmer is frustrated Congress has not passed a new farm bill since 2018. Roy Schneider operates a diversified crop and livestock farm near Foley. “It is a little frustrating to see that we’re just not getting the job complete, I’m disappointed. But I’ve seen enough politics (to) understand that there’s a bit…… Continue Reading

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in northwestern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the virus was recently confirmed in a commercial layer flock in O’Brien County. It’s the state’s second detection of H5N1 HPAI within domestic birds this year. State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says he’s asking poultry producers…… Continue Reading

The USDA says corn, soybean, and wheat export inspections as of the week ending January 30th remain ahead of the projections for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year started June 1st for wheat and September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum. The USDA’s next round of supply and demand estimates is out February…… Continue Reading

An extension plant pathologist is providing corn farmers evaluations of fungicides from 2024. Dr. Alison Robertson with Iowa State University says she works with crop protection companies to set up trials across various locations in the state. “The prominent diseases that we had were tar spot and southern rust. I had pretty good disease development,…… Continue Reading