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‘This story is not over yet’

The October World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WADSE) report was released last Thursday by the USDA and according to Todd Hultman, DTN grain market analyst, the report for corn is appearing bearish with soybeans doing the opposite and coming in bullish. “Corn’s numbers were bearish,” he said. “They (USDA) did reduce the ending corn stocks estimate, but it was higher than most of the trade expected. As far as soybeans, just about everything in the report was bullish for the soybean price. The soybean crop estimate was reduced less than expected to a smaller total ...

Balancing ag and urban

ANKENY — Long before Clare Lindahl knew much about agriculture, and years before she began working with farmers and communities to improve water quality, she knew one thing — Chad Pregracke was a rock star. “I was in community college class in the Quad Cities and was taking an ...

Here to stay

It’s entirely possible that Steve Daniel’s grandfather ended up in Fort Dodge by mistake around the turn of the 20th century. Daniel’s grandfather, Ferris Daniel, immigrated from Lebanon to the United States in the early 1900s. “He came in through Ellis Island and went on to ...

Boshart named GM of Gold-Eagle Cooperative

GOLDFIELD — Chris Boshart has been named the next general manager of Gold-Eagle Cooperative. Boshart, who has served as Gold-Eagle’s feed department manager since 2018, is currently working with longtime Gold-Eagle general manager Brad Davis on the transition. Davis has announced ...

‘Agriculture is in my blood’

DES MOINES — As a seventh-generation Iowa farmer, Jacob Swanson grew up tending to cattle and working the soil. Today, he works as often as he can on the family farm, but spends his workdays championing for farmers and agriculture at the Iowa State Capitol. As the legislative liaison for ...

Bonanza farming, Iowa style

ODEBOLDT — If there were an Iowa farm containing 10 to 12 contiguous sections of land, long rows of livestock barns, grain elevators and up to 150 employees, it would be impressive in any era. The fact that all this defined the Adams Ranch in Sac County farm more than a century ago makes this history even more intriguing. “It’s fascinating just how efficient the Adams Ranch was, thanks to the modern business practices used on the farm,” said Sandra Kessler Host, an Odebolt native who documented this history of this Odebolt-area farm in the new, illustrated book, “Adams ...