Latest News From Iowa

Northey was most recently CEO of the Agribusiness Association of Iowa and passed earlier this year on Feb. 5.

Edgewood Locker got its start in rural northeast Iowa in 1966. The business now spans over three generations, and it's largely thanks to Joan Kerns who helped start the family business that's now seen phenomenal growth.

Agtrinsic has expanded for the 2024 growing season to create a contiguous disease monitoring network from border to border in Illinois and Iowa as well as in parts of Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana and Wisconsin.

On Monday, February 5 the news of Bill Northey’s passing quickly spread through the agriculture industry, of which he dedicated his professional life to serving.

The survey uses records from ag retailers to measure the use of cover crops, nutrient management and conservation tillage and no-till by Iowa growers.

Jones will work with customers and dealers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and the northwest corner of Iowa.

Founded in 1962, Ramco Innovations has become a leading distributor of automation products across the Midwest. It has 65 employees, which will transition to the new entity. 

Combined, the organizations have a reach of over 85,000 producers in eight states.

Rumbold and Kuhn, Inc., manages seven commercial grain elevator facilities in Illinois with locations in Duncan, Princeville, Putnam, Speer, Toulon, and two Wyoming locations.

OCI Global, the Dutch parent of Iowa Fertilizer Co., opened the plant in 2017 with the annual capacity to produce 3.5 million metric tons of nitrogen fertilizers and diesel exhaust fluid.

Iowa farmers, get out your toenail clippers! Anna Proctor, a University of Iowa Ph.D. student, is collecting samples for a study she will conduct later this year using Iowa farmers’ toenails to assess chemical exposure.

Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa corn projections fall below USDA's August estimates. Soybeans are on par in all scouted states, including Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Dakota.

Sudden death or their time to go? Soybeans dry up in Iowa as Minnesota corn faces burn up to the first leaf below ears.

Lack of moisture and high-heat days have Iowa locals concerned about cannibalized stalks, while Illinois considers impacts of wildfire smoke and overnight temps.

Hitting the road on Pro Farmer Crop Tour this week? I hope you packed your rain gear.

The rapid runup in land values caused farmland values to hit historic levels over the past two years. The dynamics are starting to shift, as input prices, interest rates and commodity prices are eating into outlooks.

At the age of 15, Callee Pellett signed her first lease, and today, the 16-year-old farmer has nearly 20 acres she farms on her own. As the seventh generation, it's a unique opportunity she doesn't take for granted.

The accelerated highs in 2022 don’t look to be hitting the brakes in the first quarter of 2023, according to Jim Rothermich, vice president of Iowa Appraisal.

First announcing the collaborative in March 2022, construction of the AMVC and Landus feed mill in Hamlin, Iowa, is underway with full operation expected by summer 2024.

In the October USDA projected a 200 bushel per acre corn yield in Iowa, with soybean yield at 58 bushels per acre.   However, yield reports are putting those estimates in question.  

Need a chiropractic adjustment but can’t make it to the office? Ask your doctor to come to the field. Dr. Blake Wayson hauls his portable adjustment table to the field to help farmers find relief in the busy seasons.

On August 22, fire departments in and around Moravia, Iowa responded to a grain bin entrapment. The man who was trapped, along with those who rescued him, explain everything they did to successfully rescue Wilson.

Iowa started off the season with historically high crop ratings but conditions have recently dropped with the recent heat and dryness and that may have taken the top end off yields.  

In operation since 1943, Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences student managed AG 450 Farm demonstrates what it takes to run a 600 acre farm.

Fifth company to join the new-age collaboration network

The members of MaxYield Cooperative, headquartered in West Bend, Iowa, have approved the merger proposal with Fort Dodge, Iowa-based NEW Cooperative, Inc. The merger will become effective August 1, 2021.

Swieter will lead business and customer relations across important territory for ServiTech

Brad Dircks, and his wife Lisa, knew the storm was going to be bad. “The weatherman came on and said, ‘Boy, this storm sure looks like a derecho thunderstorm.’ I thought, Boy, that doesn’t sound good.”

The partnership aims to bolster on-the-ground conservation expertise available to farmers

The Board of Directors at Landus Cooperative has announced Matt Carstens will be the cooperative’s CEO starting March 9, 2020. 

New coordinators will serve the Floyd, Middle Cedar and North Raccoon watersheds.

“It’s important to remember 2019 had excess rainfall and high humidity. So, it was a prime environment for a lot of diseases, and with the increase in disease, we have a lot of inoculum in the soil” says Randy Kool

Landus Cooperative launched new app features that were developed by four of its summer iterns, which has now been recognized with a national award.

Two former officers at a northwest Iowa agriculture cooperative have pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said comments on the proposed rules will be accepted until Jan. 22.

With a business deal expected to close before the end of 2019, Growmark announces it will acquire the agronomy and energy assets of Mid-Iowa Cooperative. 

A fraud case that has already netted guilty pleas from a grain broker and three Nebraska farmers has also forced a Missouri farmer to plead guilty to involvement in fraudulently selling organic grain.

An eastern Asian weed found its way into Iowa this year. Mile-a-minute weed is invasive and has been found as far west as Indiana and Kentucky with one outlier in Oregon. This is the plant’s first appearance in Iowa.

The company says there is damage to multiple facilities.

The family said in a statement, “Eugene will be remembered by his family and many friends, colleagues, and members of the agriculture community as a leader, innovator, and exceptionally caring and generous person.”

Farmers and other stakeholders are finding innovative ways in which they can mitigate nutrient loss from this practice and saturated buffers have proven effective, according to a recent study.

After almost 40 years in business, Dave and Mary Junge have sold their business, Junge Control, and its facilities to Ag Growth International (AGI).

In Garner, Iowa, Greenfield Nitrogen aims to raise $120 million from farmers and retailers to build its anhydrous ammonia plant.

“Joining the AgGateway Seed Connectivity Project gave us the ability to connect electronically with our seed and chemical manufacturers"

With nearly half of the soybeans in the U.S. expected to be planted with Roundup Ready 2 Xtend seed, equip your company and sprayer operators with these regulatory changes to avoid off-target damage in 2018.