How deep into an ag crisis farmers think they have fallen depends on a number of things. First off would be how long they have been draining equity and their depletion of working capital. For a slice of farmers, it has already gone on too long and has cut too deep. They have not made money and ...
What is it about a barn? Long, uneven boards with fading red paint, sometimes white, weathered until it’s gray. ’I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.’ Has there ever been a poem as lovely as a barn? May Joyce Kilmer forgive me, but I do believe ...
ESTHERVILLE — Iowa barns come in all shapes and sizes, colors and conditions — and Deanna Rohrer has taken photos of barns in all of these states and more. Rohrer, a retired Emmet County district conservationist from Estherville, said her interest in photographing barns began several ...
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has, formally expressed concerns regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approaching definition of “ultra-processed foods,” (UPF) which the organization says could be damaging for the pork industry. This is in light of ...
A young woman I know who was dating a farmer once asked me of their relationship, “Will I always come second?” Oh goodness. She just didn’t know yet that second place is quite a ranking. Eventually, farm women everywhere figure it out. It’s not an answer she’s told, but one she ...
Food can transport you into the past or push you forward. But there are some situations where food can cause familial friction. At least that’s how it’s been for forty-some years with my wife and me. The foodstuff that’s been at the center of our domestic distress is ...
NEWS *Omaha-based Hansen-Mueller Co. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The action follows reports from farmers in several states over the past few weeks that they have not been paid for grain deliveries to the company. According to the company’s filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy ...
While Congress spent most of the fall perfecting the useless art of finger pointing, the ag economists, farm finance experts, and ag policy wonks at farmdocDAILY kept grinding through the season’s farm news and numbers to understand what it all might mean for farmers and ranchers in ...
30-Year Fixed: The average rate has fallen to around 6.11% as of Nov. 1, 2025, down from earlier highs in 2025. A year ago, it was 6.72%. So that is better than it was, but I went back to check what my mortgage rate is and at 2.55%, it should be near the historical low. CD rates are higher than ...
CLARION — The Hereford cattle gracefully grazing pasture ground at Grand View Beef are not just 100% grass fed and grass finished, but also are hormone-free, as well as traceable — something that’s incredibly important to the Severson family. The family has been farming near Clarion ...
