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Market access is important to producers. According to the NPPC, over 25 percent of pork production is exported to other markets. In 2020, the US pork industry exported $7.7 billion in pork and pork products to over 100 countries.

The “murder” hornets first generated national attention back in 2020 when the Washington State Department of agriculture first located and destroyed a hornet nest. In 2021, the hornets hit the media again when three more nest were located and destroyed by the department.

By keeping year-round cover, farmers can cycle nutrients and add organic matter to their soil. Cover crops have also led to increased soil water-holding capabilities. Farmers can even utilize the crop as forage for their livestock.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds wants to lower the state income to a single flat rate of 4 percent which would save the average farmer around $1,300 a year. So how will this affect Iowa farmers?

A truck carrying 71 heads of cattle down Interstate 44 in Tulsa Oklahoma tipped over Tuesday night causing cattle to get loose.

Iowa is in desperate need of a windbreak renaissance, that’s according to a forestry specialist Iowa State University’s Billy Beck.

Corn growers are raising concern after a new economic analysis by Texas A&M University shows that pending tariffs on nitrogen fertilizers will create shortages causing prices to increase.

The national goal of a net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is going to take the use of both electric cars and increased production of renewable fuels such as ethanol,

India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into its country.

Pigs were removed from a farm in northeast Iowa after hundreds die from neglect.