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Weigh-in opens show season
January 10, 2013 By KRISS NELSON jknelson@frontiernet.net GOWRIE — In a way, the Webster County Fair’s 2013 beef show was officially started on Sunday. more »»
PFI sets winter farminar series
January 10, 2013 AMES — Practical Farmers of Iowa has developed a free winter online seminar series in an effort to help farmers learn from each other without having to travel. more »» 
Congress extends tax credits for wind, fuels
January 9, 2013 By LARRY KERSHNER kersh@farm-news.com MILFORD — The bill Congress approved on Jan. more »»
Midwest lashes out at FB extension
January 8, 2013 GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Leaders of many farm groups in the Upper Midwest aren’t pleased that Congress has extended the current farm bill rather than pass new legislation. more »»
2013 Iowa Pork Congress set Jan. 23-24 in Des Moines
January 5, 2013 CLIVE (IPPA) — The Iowa Pork Producers Association will hold its 2013 Iowa Pork Congress on Jan. 23 and 24, 2013 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. more »» 
An advocate for ag
January 4, 2013 BUCKEYE — With all the talk about the nation hitting the fiscal cliff, Annette Sweeney knows Iowa farmers will be facing their own fiscal cliff if the estate tax is allowed to soar to 55 percen. more »» 
Coaster-ing through the holiday
January 4, 2013 BY KAREN SCHWALLER kschwaller@evertek.net ESTHERVILLE — Christmas break can often lead to bored school-aged children, and parents who wish their children had something to do. more »» 
Fighting ‘super weeds’
January 3, 2013 WALL LAKE—What’s the most important way to make money in row-crop agriculture? Weed control, said Mike Owen, an Iowa State University Extension weed specialist, who is urging farmers to take a new... more »» 
Farm bill deal reached
January 2, 2013 By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON — The leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired... more »»
Rethinking weed control
January 2, 2013 It’s vital to take a new approach to weed management, said MikeOwen, an Iowa State University Extension weed specialist, who urges growers to: ? Use more diverse weed management solutions. more »» 
Ag in the Classroom grant deadline looms
January 2, 2013 BY KAREN SCHWALLER kschwaller@evertek. more »»
Teachers’ academy for ag
January 2, 2013 BY KAREN SCHWALLER kschwaller@evertek. more »» 
Farm land hits $8,300/acre
December 21, 2012 DES MOINES (AP) — The value of Iowa farmland has jumped again, hitting a record of nearly $8,300 an acre. more »»
Economist: Aggressive pricing of 2013 crops may be needed
December 21, 2012 URBANA (University of Illinois) — In the past five decades, extreme drought conditions in the United States, such as those experienced in 2012, have been followed by generally favorable growing... more »» 
Creating compatible root zones
December 21, 2012 By LARRY KERSHNER kersh@farm-news.com FORT DODGE — The presentation was called Tillage Systems and Residue Management, but it could have easily been titled, “Soil Compaction 101. more »»
ILF’s December webinar focus on bioreactors
December 18, 2012 AMES — The Iowa Learning Farms’ monthly webinar, held at 11:30 a.m on Wednesday will feature Iowa Soybean Association watershed management specialist Keegan Kult. more »» 
Spencer award goes to North Iowa CSA
December 17, 2012 AMES (PFI) — The owners of a Community Supported Agriculture enterprise in northern Iowa have been chosen as the 2012 recipients of the Spencer Award for Sustainable Agriculture. more »» |
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