1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (96+ words) It's tough to find good hired help in farming. Recent policy changes have influenced the spread of solar and wind energy generation. Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series on the 2025 Iowa Women Impacting Agriculture award winners. A…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (77+ words) Dairy Resources'AgUpdate The business news you need Take advantage of these E-edition PLUS unlimited articles & videos Hundreds of games, puzzles & comics online Javascript is required to use this website. People are also reading" - "Tough to compete with feedlot for cost…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (298+ words) Farmer sentiment improved in February; the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index increased from 113 points in January to 116. The Current Conditions Index increased by 11 points, while the Future Expectations Index decreased 1 point. The Future Expectations Index this month was…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (166+ words) Minnesota beef producers will vote next spring on a proposed 50-cent-per-head increase to the state's beef checkoff. It's been more than 30 years since the last checkoff increase, when the federal checkoff was implemented for all U.S. beef producers at $1 per head....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (398+ words) President Trump's mid-October announcement to increase beef imports from Argentina triggered a cascade of industry comments, assumptions, fallouts and futures market declines. While the emotional reaction to the announcement was rather dramatic, the reality of increased Argentinian exports may be…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (506+ words) The incidents of using sexed semen to breed dairy cows with beef bulls is continuing to grow, as the value of even a day-old calf is high in the current market. "Right now, we have a beef supply problem in…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (766+ words) Farmer sentiment weakened in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer decreased to 146, from 158 a month earlier. The shift in farmer sentiment was primarily attributable to a change in producer expectations for the future; the Index of Future…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (219+ words) Summer holiday demand has helped support beef prices, University of Tennessee ag economist Andrew Griffith says. "It would appear beef buying for Father's Day and Independence Day are driving the market higher," he says. "The Choice boxed beef cutout has…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (207+ words) The U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 reclassification of some H-2A-worker job titles continues to increase wages. Another increase is on the way that year per the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, which was released in April. There are…...