Statewide Iowa — Another dry week across most of the State allowed Iowa farmers 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending August 4, 2019, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Read more
Bioreactor Project Field Day To Be Held Aug 13th Near Sutherland
Sutherland, Iowa – Iowa State University’s Northwest Iowa Research Farm will host a bioreactor project field day Tuesday, Aug. 13th from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the farm located at 6320 500th Street, Sutherland. Read more
Grassley Says USMCA Will Move Through House By September
Farmers and ranchers have been anticipating the ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for quite some time. Promise of a compromise has been warranted by many politicians, but there has yet to be a unanimous decision. As the August recess draws near, a spark of hope has been ignited by Senator Chuck Grassley. Read more
Iowa’s Deputy Ag Secretary Talks Conservation, Cover Crops
Des Moines, Iowa — Des Moines Area Community College’s (DMACC) FFA Enrichment Center beamed with conversation, as an audience filled with ladies patiently awaited the start of Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Julie Kenney’s speech at the 2019 Iowa Women in Agriculture Conference on August 1st. Read more
Annual Farmland Leasing & Value Meetings Coming Up In Our Area
Northwest Iowa — A lot of farmland in Iowa is leased, so a good farm lease is important — that from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Read more
Honey Bee Colony Numbers Drop
Honey bee colonies for operations with 5 or more colonies in Iowa as of January 1, 2019, totaled 7,500 colonies. This is 82 percent below the 41,000 colonies on January 1 last year, and 64 percent below the 21,000 colonies during the October-December 2018 quarter. Producers boosted their
January 1 inventory by moving colonies into Iowa and adding colonies to a maximum of 11,500 during the January-March 2019 quarter. Since January 2018 the July-September 2018 quarter had the largest maximum number of colonies, with 57,000, while January-March 2019 quarter had the smallest maximum number of colonies with 11,500.