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Farm News is designed for active and qualified farmers in Iowa. These farmers have a vested interest in both crops and livestock from an economic and social standpoint. The publication aims to introduce farmers to successful concepts and strategies that have been created by the agricultural industry specifically for Iowa's farms. By combining insights from agri-industry developments with real farmer experiences, Farm News provides engaging content that informs readers about various products, including farm equipment, seeds, chemicals, fertilizers, feed, and animal health solutions.

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Since 2013, Farm Bill ‘safety net’ mostly ensures need for ‘safety net’

1 month ago | farm-news.com | Alan Guebert

The opening lines in an April 11 farmdocDAILY post should have raised an eyebrow or two among Farm Bill geeks both in and out of Congress: “The U.S. crop safety net,” it begins, “has undergone a profound transformation.”That’s a belt-high fastball for Farm Bill writers arguing over cuts in food aid programs instead of questioning the very foundation of farm program spending: Does the American farm safety net even work anymore?
‘He’s got the fever’

1 month ago | farm-news.com | Darcy Maulsby

DOW CITY — Drive along the county road between Buck Grove and Dow City, and prepare for a vintage tractor lover’s dream. At Donald and Barbara Kahl’s farm, it’s hard to miss the line of Oliver, Massey Ferguson, Case and Allis-Chalmers tractors lined up with military precision along the north side of the striking red barn. “He’s got the fever,” said Barbara Kahl, referring to her husband’s love for old iron.
Supercharging soil with algae

1 month ago | farm-news.com | Darcy Maulsby

Ever wonder how farmers like Russell Hedrick of North Carolina win national corn growing contests? While there’s no silver bullet, Hedrick used a system of biological inputs and regenerative management practices to help him reach 459.1 bushels per acre in 2022 — a milestone many corn experts said was impossible. His recipe for success included EnSoil Algae, a powerful, living green algae biostimulant.
‘Every tractor has a story’

1 month ago | farm-news.com | Darcy Maulsby

POMEROY — Remember when finding vintage tractors wasn’t as easy as a quick online search? In the 1990s and earlier, the hunt required persistence, connections and a sense of adventure. “It was called networking and usually involved road trips,” joked Steve Rosenboom, a vintage tractor enthusiast from Pomeroy. Rosenboom and his wife, Rachel, have been collecting rare and unusual tractors for years.
On balance, I repeat myself

1 month ago | farm-news.com | Alan Guebert

Somewhere along life’s highway most of us learned to balance a checkbook. This task usually involved a pencil, the back of a used envelope, and some basic math. Today, however, a click or two in a second or two delivers that up-to-the-second number. It’s the same for the federal government’s checkbook; a click or two takes you inside the nation’s ledger courtesy of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The preventable consequences of woodenheadedness

2 months ago | farm-news.com | Alan Guebert

Longtime readers of this weekly effort may recall my affection for the word “woodenheadedness.” It comes from “The March of Folly,” Barbara Tuchman’s 1984 book about “the pervasive presence … of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government.” In Tuchman’s telling, history is filled with “the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests despite the availability of feasible alternatives.” For example, this contrariness — or as she often refers to it, “woodenheadedness”...
Build your legacy

2 months ago | farm-news.com | Darcy Maulsby

DES MOINES — What separates professionally-managed farms from farms that struggle or fail? The successful farms begin with the end in mind and have a strategy for success. “How many times do you get to practice farm succession? Once,” said Dick Wittman, an Idaho rancher and farm management consultant who led a day-long workshop during Commstock Investments’ Family Farm Masterclass in Des Moines earlier this year.
You mess up the creek, you clean up the creek

2 months ago | farm-news.com | Alan Guebert

Family lore has it that sometime in the pre-refrigeration days of the late 19th century, my forefathers dug a small cave into a steep hillside on their adjacent farms to store several barrels of home-brewed beer. Like the family’s suds, the cave was cool, dark, and prized. This being southern Illinois, however, a minor earthquake one day sent the roof of the underground rathskeller onto the barrels of beer and soon their hoppy contents were flowing into the nearby creek.
Brexit shows what’s ahead for U.S. trade war

Mar 28, 2025 | farm-news.com | Alan Guebert

In the seven weeks that global markets and U.S. farmers have been living in the uncertain trade world of the Trump Administration, prices for most American ag exports have headed south faster than a Canada goose in late October. In fact, futures prices for most key ag markets — soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, and pork — are five to eight percent lower than when the president first spun his trade roulette wheel in February.
‘Ewe’ got it

Mar 27, 2025 | farm-news.com | Darcy Maulsby

LAKE CITY — There’s nothing like a new crop of lambs to make a farm come alive. When Dwight Dial walks out to his barn this time of year, a lively chorus of high-pitched bleats — mixed with the occasional lower-pitched baa — greets him. “I’ve always enjoyed raising sheep,” said Dial, 75, whose flock includes 60 Suffolk and Polypay ewes. By mid-March, more than half of his ewes had lambed, and there were seven sets of triplets.