There have been many things over the years for which I have been thankful — including (but not limited to) bags of chips or candy that are mostly gone before I open them; dark towels by the sink when the guys come in to eat, and — even though science tells us each time we sneeze, we lose ...
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series. There is history that tariffs came before income taxes as the means to fund the government. We know this because tariffs provided most of the revenue that funded the U.S. government from the birth of the country up until 1913 when the ...
Bill Crouser (farmer, rancher, biofuel investor) wrote a great guest column for the Register that I fully concur with. “Is there a leader with a clear vision for American energy policy? A vision where America is energy secure, free of dependence from foreign oil and Chinese batteries? A ...
NEWS *U.S. farm production expenses totaled $453 billion in 2022, up from $393 billion in 2021. On a per-farm basis, farm expenditures are up nearly 16 percent. The biggest cost item for crop farmers is fertilizer, which increased nearly 14 percent year-to-year. Labor expenses rose more than ...
After surviving a destructive tornado, the derecho and a global pandemic, The Flying Elbow restaurant has bounced back to win the title of “best burger” from the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association and the “best pulled pork” in the state from the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Garrett ...
ALTOONA — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 11 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa in late July and early August. Meeting sites include Adel, Altoona, Ames, Boone, Grinnell, Indianola, Knoxville, Newton, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, Traer and Winterset. ...
ODEBOLT — As producers look for ways to increase profitability, strip-tilling has been the go-to solution for many crop farmers. This practice eliminates some of the primary and secondary tillage of traditional systems and reduces fuel and labor costs. The challenge with strip-till is ...
As the Iowa Legislature gets busy again this winter, one group dedicated to standing up for the interests of corn producers in Iowa is the Iowa Corn Growers Association, and no one tells the story of the important work of this organization better than its past president, Dennis ...
Perhaps there is no greater scope of opposites than is present during harvest time. Harvest time presents some of the longest days of the year for the farm family, and it clashes with the shortest amount of time to get laundry and chores done, get field lunches made and dishes done, and even ...
Grain and livestock producers have been presented with wild swings in the grain markets during the summer of 2022, along with new opportunities in the areas of carbons and renewable energy as 2022 progressed. The words of the day are, “Do your homework,” and “Keep a calm head,” ...
