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Topics include marketing and economics, nutrition and health, gene editing, sustainability and foreign animal disease defense.

A planned carbon-neutral beef packing plant being built in western Iowa will boost the state’s ag economy, infuse farmers’ bottom lines and create impres

MANSON — When a blizzard blasted northern Iowa right before Christmas 2022, it unleashed the kind of weather that can spell trouble for livestock producers

Iowa farm groups are decrying a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday that upholds a California animal cruelty law that regulates livestock confinement practices. The law regulates the confinement practices of birthing sows, veal calves and egg-laying hens whose products are sold in California, including those produced outside the state.

Law would drive up prices nationwide, pork producers say.

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) has named Christopher Pudenz as its economics and research manager.

Schulz's economics research during the COVID-19 pandemic was critical to producers and consumers when livestock processing plants shut down.

For his work in farm management extension and research on livestock production, marketing and risk management, Lee Schulz recieves the 2023 Dean Lee R. Kolmer Award for Excellence in Applied Research from Iowa State.

Beef Outlook: Feedlot owners do not pay premium prices for calves when they feed high-dollar corn.

Topics include African swine fever herd management in Europe, heat stress strategies and the value of manure.