As crops go into bins, growers will be looking to maintain quality until their marketing opportunities improve. Some ongoing ...
Illinois farmer Tom Ritter was more than a farmer. At 73 years old, he was a man who still lived to serve. “Dad was someone who just absolutely loved agriculture,” says Cory Ritter. “I like to tell ...
Now that harvest is quite a way along, it’s important to remind ourselves how to be safe around our grain bins. It’s easy to be conscious about safety when you first get started, but once you get in a ...
There are reports of grain elevators turning away grain sorghum this fall due to lack of bin space. Many elevators are prioritizing storage for wheat and corn because of poor export demand for grain ...
It’s that time of year when harvest is winding down and farmyards across the Midwest are filling up with leftover grain bags. They’ve served their purpose, but now comes the ...
It’s been a mostly dry and warm harvest with bins filling quickly with corn and soybeans on farms and at country elevators.
Farmer incorporates chicken litter and hog manure into fields while juggling office tasks and preparing for cold weather with ...
A grain merchandiser says a slower-than-expected harvest has created storage problems for some farmers and elevators in the Great Plains. Central Nebraska basked Matthew Burkey with Ag Valley ...
The following was written by Dirk Maier, director of the Iowa State University Kent Feed Mill & Grain Science Complex, for ...
With a record corn crop expected in 2025, Iowa farmers are weighing storage decisions and face a mixed outlook, according to ...