It’s been more than 180 years since land that is now the state of Iowa was opened for settlers. The America of the 21st century is far different from the nation presided over by President Andrew Jackson in 1833. There is, however, one constant feature for Iowans — agriculture is at the very ...
Times change. Even so, there are a few constants in life. One is the pleasure provided by the county fairs that continue to be a highlight of summer in Iowa. For as far back as anyone who now lives in this part of Iowa can remember, these summer festivals have been much-anticipated and ...
The 2025 version of the World Pork Expo is fast approaching. It will be held June 4-5 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. This annual event brings together pork producers, exhibitors and visitors not just from across Iowa, but also from throughout the nation. More than 10,000 people ...
To the editor: Here we are, nearing the end of yet another legislative session with no action on eminent domain reform. Meanwhile, landowners opposed to Summit Carbon Solutions’ CO2 pipeline remain in limbo as we seek help from lawmakers to codify and ban the unconstitutional use of ...
During the month of May, it is worth noting that it is a time to celebrate an important meat product. May is Beef Month. For many of us, every month is a time to partake of a food that ranks high on the list of culinary favorites. It’s no secret that Americans have a love affair with ...
It is no exaggeration to say that much has changed since the first metal plow sliced into the thick, fertile Iowa soil. The annual cycle of planting and harvesting continues, but just about everything else about farming has changed. And it is technology that has caused much of that ...
We are entering one of those times of the year when big, slow-moving farm machines rumble out onto roadways dominated by faster-paced traffic. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who lives in farm country. Even so, all of us should pay special heed to safety considerations as we share the ...
It’s getting to be that time of the year. Although it is early in the season, you just may have seen someone working in the fields already. You may have seen a tractor rolling down a rural road. If you are a farmer, perhaps you have been looking over the fields and getting the machinery ...
To the editor: When I moved to Iowa in the seventies, Bob Streit was doing agronomy updates on the radio for Dekalb Seeds. Then I lost track of him until he wrote his column in Farm News. Farm media was mostly one big advertisement for purchased inputs ... except for Bob’s columns. He put ...
The first issue of Farm News appeared 30 years ago. To put that in perspective, consider this. When that first issue hit subscribers’ mailboxes, Bill Clinton was the president, social media did not exist, the emerging internet was often referred to as the “information superhighway” and ...