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Eight  Iowa Master Pork Producers of 2023 upheld the highest standards of the Iowa Porl Producers Association for animal well-being, food safety, and the environment. more
Washington County pig farmer Matt Gent is the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. He took over the role during the organization’s annual meeting in Des Moines on January 23. Gent and his family own a farrow-to-finish swine enterprise called Prairie Pork near Wellman. They also grow corn and soybeans. more
Corn planting in Iowa is roughly on schedule this year and is 11 days ahead of last year, when planting was significantly delayed by rain in much of the state. more
Rilynn Buesing left the Mississippi Valley Fair Aug. 7, pumped up about showing the grand champion market hog and the reserve champion market gilt. more
Results from 2023 Mississippi Valley Fair 4-H and livestock competition more
Glimpses of the 2023 fair through the cameras of NSP editor Erin Gentz and managing editor Mark Ridolfi more
Rachel Ehlers has been crowned the 2023 Scott County Pork Queen. more
Iowa’s corn and soybean crops were buoyed last week by above-normal rainfall and are now in their best shape since the middle of June, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday. more
Van Buren County has a trove of classic barns featured in this year’s Iowa Barn Foundation tour, June 24-25. more
The North Scott Agriculture spring banquet on May 7 celebrated a year of FFA achievements and successes, which included pulling off the banquet through a power outage. more
Safety first on the farm. That’s the lesson North Scott FFA students preached last week to dozens of classmates who have zero farm exposure. more
Generous weather conditions for field work last week allowed Iowa farmers to make substantial planting progress — they seeded about 41 percent of the state’s corn crop and about 33 percent of soybeans. more
Lawmakers delivered on the Iowa Farm Bureau’s top priority: Strict limits on property tax increases, with more public votes on big capital projects, whether town councils or county boards borrow or not. more
Forget about the color of the ribbons. more
North Scott FFA students participated in three science fairs this year, with 10 students advancing to national FFA Agriscience Fair, and freshmen Jordan Jones and Kaitlyn Knepper becoming North Scott’s first international qualifiers. more
A robust farm economy, soil health and land values are topics that will drive discussion at the 95th annual Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference May 17 in Ames. more
McCausland’s best-kept secret has quietly been growing on the edge of town for more than 30 years. more
The Iowa House passed legislation last week restricting drone surveillance of livestock facilities without the permission of the property owner more
A fund that helps shield Iowa farmers from losses from bankruptcies of the companies that buy or store their grain is poised to tax their products for the first time in more than 30 years, which has prompted legislation that could overhaul the fund. more
A streak of warm and dry weather has created ideal conditions for some Iowa farmers to start planting their corn crop this week. more
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