Trent Thiele of Elma, Iowa is the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. At the recent Iowa Pork Congress, we visited with Thiele about the farming operation that he’s a part of, his decision to take on a leadership role in IPPA, and some of the issues facing the industry. AUDIO: Trent Thiele Continue …
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Feb 02
KMMO Ag Day
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Tom Steever will speak at Brownfield radio affiliate KMMO’s Ag Day on Thursday, March 21 near Marshall, Missouri Continue reading KMMO Ag Day at Brownfield Ag News.
Feb 02
MU Strip Trial Results
Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground for MU Strip Trial Results in Boonville, Missouri on February 26, 2019. Continue reading MU Strip Trial Results at Brownfield Ag News.
Feb 02
Cowboys at the Capitol
Brownfield’s Tom Steever will be on the ground with Cowboys at the Capitol (Missouri Cattlemen’s Association) in Jefferson City February 20, 2019. Continue reading Cowboys at the Capitol at Brownfield Ag News.
Feb 02
Is it meat or isn’t it?
Beef producers say making sure labels are clear is again a priority for 2019. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration are close to signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding regulatory authority of laboratory-produced cultured protein. David Dick, a cow/calf producer from Sedalia, Missouri says the issue …
Feb 02
Arctic air to return; a stormy pattern
Cold air will continue to erode across the Midwest, with above-normal temperatures expected by Saturday. Weekend temperatures will briefly top 70° as far north as the central Plains, but cold weather will be slow to depart New England. Late in the weekend and early next week, a new surge of Arctic air will engulf northern …
Feb 01
The Nature Conservancy: Bridging the gap between landowners, farmers, and soil health
The Nature Conservancy helped found and continues to be a major partner of the Soil Health Partnership for a variety of reasons. At the top is that it supports TNC’s vision of “a future world in which both nature and people thrive,” according to Pipa Elias, the soil health strategy manager for TNC. “Soil health …
Feb 01
Western Farm Show has grown in size of machinery, scope of seminars
The manager of the Western Farm Show says the biggest change since the show began almost six decades ago is the size and price of the displayed machinery. “I don’t think somebody like John Deere himself would ever imagine what we have today in the showroom at the ag dealerships or on the floor at …
Feb 01
Few consumers find it easy to find healthy foods
Nearly 100% of consumers in a new survey say they look for labels that indicate food is healthy but few find them, “Only 28%, slightly more than a quarter of consumers, said that it’s EASY for them to find healthy foods.” Alexandra Lewin Zwerdling with the International Food Information Council says although more than half …
Feb 01
AgView database to help with swine disease response
The pork industry is funding a new database platform to help with response during foreign animal disease outbreaks. “If we got ASF (African Swine Fever) tomorrow, it would be there to help us.” Patrick Webb with the National Pork Board says producers will put their data into AgView and share it with state animal health …