JEFFERSON — Take a guess — how many artificial intelligence (AI) tools are available commercially? While it’s hard to pin down a definitive, official count, the number exceeds 30,000, by some estimates. “This number just keeps growing,” said Alexis Stevens, a farm management ...
Soil sampling will be the name of the game following historic flooding in June of 2024 that ravaged areas all around northwest Iowa, and moved river sand into fields, and topsoil into and out of fields, according to Iowa State University Extension agronomists. Flooding last summer was the ...
ISU Extension has issued a link with some guidelines for incorporating river sand into field soil, which states: • Soil testing separately from areas with different amounts of sand incorporation may be appropriate to account for nutrient levels of the sand, and adding organic matter may be ...
AMES — With winter ending and the arrival of spring, farmers are making their final plans for the new crop year. These decisions involve seed, fertilizer, herbicides, machinery readiness, and more. Crop insurance coverage decisions have been made and, after the March 17 deadline, those ...
AMES — Spring at Iowa State University’s sheep farm means adorable little lambs scampering about, kicking up the dirt as they gain control of their wobbly little legs. Spring at the sheep farm also means students are gaining valuable hands-on experience in spring lambing. Caitlin ...
There’s a saying that life isn’t about having the right opportunities; it’s about handling the opportunities right. Perhaps no one at Farm News knows this better than Dana Lantz. “Some people say newspapers are dead, but it’s quite the contrary with Farm News,” said Lantz, the ...
Why did you start writing for Farm News? If I remember right, Farm News’ first editor, Bill Rentsch, reached out to his alma mater (Iowa State University) and contacted the journalism department. He was looking for stringers (freelancers). I was a senior majoring in journalism/mass ...
Why did you start writing for Farm News? I don’t even know/remember where or how Bill Rentsch got my name back in 1995, but he called me up one day and introduced himself as the editor of a new farm publication, and asked if I would be interested in being a freelancer for it. I was a ...
Why did you start writing for Farm News? I met former Farm News Editor Bill Rentsch at an ag conference in Ames in 1996. He was searching for ag journalists and although I was working for a general weekly newspaper at the time, I was intrigued. Having grown up with my immediate family on ...
Why did you start writing for Farm News? There was a day when my phone rang and it was Bill Rentsch, who identified himself and told me The Messenger had started a new paper called Farm News. They needed someone to cover the northeast corner in the Mason City area. He had gotten my name ...
