Noah Fish

3 days ago | agweek.com | Noah Fish

NASHUA, Iowa — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig made stops across northern Iowa this past week along his journey to visit each county in the state every year. This spring, Naig said that he will not pursue a gubernatorial election and will instead seek another term as agriculture secretary. That came after the Republican ag secretary said he was considering a run at governor to succeed Gov. Kim Reynolds after she announced she would not seek reelection in 2026.

5 days ago | agweek.com | Noah Fish

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Dairy producers are often thinking about how technology has or can affect their bottom line, and artificial intelligence is getting a lot of attention. Aidan Connolly, president of AgriTech Capital in North Carolina, gave the keynote at this year's Precision Dairy Conference held in Bloomington on June 17-18.

1 week ago | agweek.com | Noah Fish

LEWISTON, Minn. — Conservation, agronomy and nutrition met in the middle at a recent field day at a southeast Minnesota dairy. Mitch Thompson of Thompson Family Farm and his agronomist, Daniel Olson from Forage Innovations, discussed cover crop rotations, ways to get more digestible fiber per acre and the nutritional value of cover crops at a field day on the dairy farm on June 9.

1 week ago | inforum.com | Noah Fish

CANNON FALLS, Minn. — Goodhue County farmers Danny and Mary Lundell had relatives living in Sweden reach out them about the pre-dawn shootings of Minnesota lawmakers. The couple broke down in tears when they learned themselves that on early Saturday morning of June 14, Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home, in the second of two reported shootings of state lawmakers. Also shot on Saturday were Sen. John A.

1 week ago | agweek.com | Ariana Schumacher |Jenny Schlecht |Noah Fish

As planting nears completion across the northern Plains and upper Midwest, crop experts say conditions so far are shaping up for a good year. “Temperatures, I don’t think, are going to be that crazy wild, you know, high or low, and I think it could be a really good year if we continue to get these intermittent rains to tide us along,” Anthony Bly, soils field specialist for South Dakota State University Extension, said. Planting was mostly completed by mid-May in South Dakota, he said.