Emerging technologies in robotics, as well as improvements to the capabilities of existing equipment such as drones, will push farming to new levels.
- Tim Kenyon
COLFAX, Iowa 鈥 Speakers at Becknology Day in central Iowa urged producers to be hyper vigilant to keep their farming operations in the black.
- Benjamin Herrold
Farmers are facing higher input costs, including fuel costs. Even within this growing season, farmers have seen significant movement in fuel prices.
- Crystal Reed
EFFINGHAM, Ill. 鈥 Farmers at Beck鈥檚 Hybrids Becknology Day in southern Illinois Aug. 7 had the chance to see how crops reacted in a 鈥渉ot spot鈥 for red crown rot.
- Crystal Reed
EFFINGHAM, Ill. 鈥 An Aug. 7 Becknology Day tour aimed to help guide farmers as nitrogen prices rise.
- Tim Kenyon
AMES, Iowa 鈥 Iowa State University alumnus and Ames native David Cook has immersed himself in his university presidential duties since starting March 1.
It was so hot the other day I saw a funeral procession pull through a Dairy Queen. OK, that鈥檚 an exaggeration, but it was really hot.
- Crystal Reed
Harvest gets closer with each passing week, and the story of this season remains the same: Massive precipitation events in some areas and too little in others.
- By Nat Williams, For Iowa Farmer Today
Changing technology has always played a major role in agriculture, from the development of hybrid corn to mechanical reaping machines to game-changing crop protection products. Artificial intelligence may top all of that.
- By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
Editor鈥檚 note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
Drew DeSutter farms with his dad Jim, uncle Randy and cousin Matthew in Knox, Mercer and Henry counties. He returned to the farm after graduating from the University of Illinois in 2009 with a degree in ag business and farm management. The family follows a 50-50 corn-soybean rotation and has…
Tom is a co-owner of Leeper Family Farms LLC which in Decatur in Macon County. They raise corn, soybeans, wheat and hay. Tom farms with his son Evan Leeper and son-in-law Nate Doty. He has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in agricultural science from Illinois State University. He is a CCA and sells seed …
Chad Dillenberger is a Monroe County native. His experience spans roles in finance as well as hands-on management as the fourth generation on a 1,600-acre grain farm in Valmeyer. He has two boys, Henry, 18, and Liam, 15, and has been married to Katie, his high school sweetheart, for 21 years.聽
Joe Stuckel and his wife Amber, along with their six young children, farm near Buckley in Iroquois County. They are first generation farmers, growing corn and soybeans.
Marty Marr farms near New Berlin with his wife Sheila and two sons, Martin Jr. and Evan, raising corn, soybeans, hay and cattle. They also do some commercial hauling of various commodities. In recent years Marr served as a director in the Illinois Corn Growers Association and was president o…
- Benjamin Herrold
As August rolls on, the anticipation of harvest builds with each week. Farmers see the sunsets creeping earlier and crops moving closer to the finish line. The last weeks before harvest are a time for getting equipment ready and making plans for storing grain.
- Tim Kenyon
Editor鈥檚 note: This is part of a series featuring winners of the Iowa State Fair Way We Live award for 2026. Iowa Farmer Today is an award sponsor.
- Crystal Reed
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Ill. 鈥 Water quality is driving state agriculture funding decisions and political campaigns this year.
- By Garland Dahlke, Iowa State University
AMES, Iowa 鈥 This past weekend, a severe hailstorm ravaged parts of eastern Iowa, destroying what was expected to be a record-contending corn crop. Following any hail event, a call to your insurance agent and crop advisor is the first step. After insurance adjustments, next is: how do we bes…
- Crystal Reed
Harvest is coming. Farmers are counting down the days.
- Benjamin Herrold
The New World screwworm has made headlines this year as the cattle industry and government officials work to combat the pest, which was confirmed in the U.S. in June.
- Crystal Reed
The next WASDE report was released Aug. 12, and with that may come a bottoming out of the corn market. The August report is the first of the year to use farmer survey-based estimates for the size and condition of U.S. crops.
- Benjamin Herrold
The cattle industry continues to watch for signs of heifer retention and herd expansion. Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Derrell Peel said the heifer retention process seems to have started, although slowly.
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