Iowa State University

A University of Idaho livestock genetic scientist is part of an initiative that was recently awarded $1.9 million from the USDA to promote collaboration among plant and animal genomic researchers.  The U of I’s Brenda Murdoch will join researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative, which was launched three ago as par

A report from Iowa State University says fertilizer prices are four times higher than they were in 2020.  While crop prices have doubled during the same period, higher fertilizer prices are contributing to rising costs in farm country. Iowa’...

Washington State University has announced the new dean for the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences. WSU announced Monday that Dr. Wendy Powers will take the lead at CAHNRS starting August 15th. Dr. Powers comes to Pullman from the University of California where she served as the leader of the statewide Ag Research and Extension ...

The Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Wednesday announced an investment of $14 million in research to protect agricultural animals from disease. The grants are part of NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s Diseases of Agricultural Animals program area priority. NIFA directo ...

When you think Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, what uses come to your mind. Most likely, you'll think of highly sensitive farm lands come up, that could become grassland, or prairie, or restored wetlands. But Randall Cass with Iowa State University said CRP land makes a great habitat for pollinators of all types including honey bees, both wild and commercially produced ...

In the years from 1870 to 1929, the US had nine Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks.  At the time, animal health officials reacted by stopping the movement of all animals in the effected regions, and destroying the animals.  However that approach did not work.  Iowa St...

Iowa State University recently released its annual entry-level salary summary for jobs in agriculture.   The report includes data from 19 universities collected by career services offices at participating universities from December 2018 and May 2019 undergraduates.   ...

During this tax season very few, if any, farms or small businesses will be subject to federal estate taxes.  Traditionally death and taxes have been linked together in the form of estate taxes.  When President Trump signed tax reform in late 2017 he said the legislation make the vast majority of family farms and small business exempt from estate tax.   ...

Stress is something farmers and ranchers deal with daily.  Years like this one seem to amplify this stress.  Researchers at Iowa State University wants all farmers to know you are not alone and there are people there for you.  ISU economist Chad Hart talks about the variety of stressors in agriculture.   “This...

The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, located at Iowa State University, was started for two very important reasons.  AMRC Director Craig Chase says, the Center was put together to help farmers become more profitable.  The other goal is to enhance and increase rural economic development.  Chase s...