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6 days ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentDES MOINES, Iowa – The National Pork Board (NPB) recently announced the launch of its new nationwide campaign, “Taste What Pork Can Do,” hoping to reposition pork, not just as an alternative to other meats, but also as a primary protein choice, officials said.
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2 weeks ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By Doug SchmitzIowa CorrespondentATHENS, Ga. – A new report is urging U.S. farmers and livestock handlers to update their health and safety practices for bovine anaplasmosis, a blood-born disease that is carried from one animal to another through blood-feeding flies and ticks, or with contaminated tools during herd health processing. The disease is characterized by severe anemia and can lead to reduced production, abortions, and even death in affected animals.
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1 month ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentBOGGSTOWN, Ind. – When Boggstown farmer Chris Eck first started his spring planting in April, the weather and the soils in Shelby County were cool and wet – and after several inches of rain the first week in April, most of the surface flooding disappeared. “The fields in the river bottoms took the worst of the water,” he told Farm World.
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1 month ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentMENLO, Iowa – Exporting beef and pork can help a corn producer’s bottom line, especially in Iowa, according to a study by the U.S. Meat Exports Federation (USMEF). The group said key findings from the study, which utilized 2024 statistics provided by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, and calculations by The Juday Group, showed Iowa beef and pork exports accounted for 92.79 million bushels of Iowa corn usage in 2024.
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1 month ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentCHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Nutrien Ag Solutions has opened a new facility at its Innovation Farm in Champaign to advance research and technology in farming across North America, according to company officials.
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1 month ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentEAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University researchers are studying how cattle diets influence the nutritional value of beef, aiming to understand how feed sources like grass, hay, or grains affect fatty acids and other compounds in beef.
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1 month ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentDES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig has proposed new legislation to address the recently bankrupt Pure Prairie Poultry, Inc., that left the state with over a million unsold chickens after the company closed its Charles City, Iowa, processing plant last fall. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship said the chickens had to later be destroyed, costing the state $2.3 million.
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1 month ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentARLINGTON, Va. – A bipartisan coalition of U.S. agricultural groups and lawmakers in both chambers of Congress is urging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to add the fertilizers phosphate and potash to the U.S. Geological Survey’s list of critical minerals. The April 3 letter, led by U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and Reps. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), included 41 members of Congress.
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1 month ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. lawmakers recently introduced the Foreign Agricultural Restrictions to Maintain Local Agriculture and National Defense (FARMLAND) Act, a bipartisan bill designed to protect American farmland from foreign ownership. Introduced by U.S. Reps.
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2 months ago | 
farmworldonline.com | Doug Schmitz
By DOUG SCHMITZIowa CorrespondentAMES, Iowa – Thanks to a cost-share program sponsored by Practical Farmers of Iowa and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, urban farmers can now get cost-share and technical support to help control pests, which helps reduce farm chemical use and improve soil health, according to officials.
