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Corn silking reached 74%, compared to 79% last year, and the five-year average of 80%. Soybeans blooming reached 70%, compared to 77% last year, and the five-year average of 74%.
Why would federal policy favor legal fictional entities over individual family farms?” That’s a great question, and it was ...
August recess is a prime time for Farm Bureau’s grassroots members to make their voices heard and share their stories.
Corn Grower Association presidents from 19 states along with the national organization’s leader expressed concerns about policy recommendations in the “Make Our Children Healthy Again” Strategy in a ...
Four companies have been selected for the inaugural cohort for the Midwest Dairy Accelerator — an intensive eight-week ...
People managing maternity pens have a wide variety of tasks that include caring for the cows, warming up colostrum, feeding ...
Evaluating cattle productivity often focuses on common benchmarks such as body condition, weight and feed consumption.
In an apparent lightning strike of insight, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins offered her solution to what she and ...
Before railroads were established in Illinois, cattle and hog farmers drove their animals to livestock markets and processing ...
The goal of the Federal Milk Marketing Orders is to spread the benefits of the higher fluid milk prices to more dairymen.
Not all teat dips are created equal. With milk quality being a constant priority and teat dip being a key input cost on a ...
Summer days beckon and with them the prospect of campfires, fishing holes and scenic hikes. When it’s time to commune with ...