During the National Potato Council's 2020 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Britt Raybould, of Rexburg, was elected to serve as the organization's 2020 president and to lead the council's executive committee.

OPINION  The phrase “big dairy” is often used to depersonalize dairy farmers and imply some large, faceless force foisting an agenda. Consolidation has occurred in agriculture for generations and family farms are expanding. But about three-quarters of U.S. dairy farms have fewer than 100 cows on them, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture.

It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.

Comments on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s interim rule for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program are being sought by the department's Natural Resources Conservation Service. The program is designed to help landowners protect working agricultural lands and wetlands. Comments are sought for three changes to agricultural-land easements.

Idaho might legalize hemp production in 2020, and some Magic Valley farmers would immediately start planting the crop. 

SowBridge is a “distance” educational series offered by Iowa State University for those who work with sows, boars and piglets, and with genetic and reproductive issues. It begins this year’s series Feb. 6; it continues every-other-month for six total sessions. The opportunity pairs electronically provided materials with live presentations via teleconference. SowBridge has since 2005 provided information to grow-finish swine producers and other industry professionals across the United States and around the world. Visit www.ipic.iastate.edu/news/SowBridge2020.html for more information.

I’d heard the statement dozens of times from farmers and rural folk.

MONTICELLO, Iowa — Dominic Hogan grew up in the pork industry, but his path back to the family farm had a few turns along the way.

SHULLSBURG, Wis. – Producing a corn yield of 322 bushels per acre, grain farmer Tim Appell of Shullsburg won awards in the 2019 National Corn Growers Association Yield Contest. He took second place nationally in the conventional non-irrigated category. His yield ranked first place in the same category in Wisconsin.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — David Daniken, a fifth-generation southern Illinois farmer, is good at managing his mixed farm operation, including Christmas trees, pumpkins, a corn maze and row crops. However, he says he’s not as good at telling his farm’s story to the public.

ST. LOUIS — No-till farming is the key to increased production and sustainability. But it must be driven by profitability.

MANHATTAN, Kan. — A new study from Kansas State University on the treatment of non-responding cases of bovine respiratory disease, known as BRD, conducted by Hans Coetzee and collaborators from Iowa State University, sheds light on the relationship between drug treatments and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

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LETTS, Iowa — When Addison Randall woke up on Christmas a year ago, she received a gift that most bakers would be thrilled to have: a double oven.

The Senate approved President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement Jan. 16.

The outlook for corn and soybean farmers in Wisconsin and nationwide remains foggy even after the release Jan. 10 of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Crop Report.” Moreover the USDA will be re-surveying estimates and reporting again in March.

Livestock market analysts are watching a variety of international issues for their impact on cattle markets, including the beginning of tariff reductions in Japan and the fires in Australia.

President Donald Trump’s phase one trade deal with China offers the promise of more overseas sales for American farmers, but the impact of the agreement remains unclear.

Grain markets seemed underwhelmed as the much-anticipated Jan. 10 USDA reports came and went.

Many producers put grain into their storage bins last fall at higher moisture contents than normal due to late crop maturity and less in-field drying in 2019.

For grain stored wetter than recommended through the winter months (above 15% for corn and 13% for soybeans), it is especially vital to monitor grain to get ahead of situations that could cause a loss in condition.

OPINION  We need accountability and transparency regarding the “Phase One” agreement. Farmers for Free Trade is asking that the administration provide details about the promised $40 billion in agricultural purchases – whether that commitment is contingent on any actions by the United States – and for details on how China will meet that commitment if it’s actually been made.

One of the most exciting times of the year on cow-calf operations is when calves are born. Producers can see the results of their breeding decisions.