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7/1/26 Clean Water Wednesday in Webster City!

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6/30/26 It's Hot! And Livestock Require Extra Care!

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6/29/26 The Big Show

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6/23/26 Tractor Ride 2026 Day 2

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6/22/26 Tractor Ride 2026 Day 1

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6/19/26 Storm Damage in Fields, Prop 12 Latest with Rob Brenneman

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6/18/26 The Big Show

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6/17/26 Clean Water Wednesday in Newhall!

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6/16/26 Tar Spot Found in IA, Update on 45Z

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6/15/26 Looking at What's Impacting Iowa Crops, and the Weather Outlook

11

6/12/26 Summer Soy Series, Titan Tire x John Deere Partnership

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6/11/26 Unpacking Today's Weather and WASDE

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6/10/26 Good Farm Neighbor #210: TBoy Dairy!

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6/9/26 Big Show Garage with Defreece Land Services

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6/8/26 Iowa's Dry Spots Are Getting Moisture

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6/5/26 Good Farm Neighbor Award #209 in Johnson County!

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6/4/26 GFN Award at World Pork Expo 2026

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6/3/26 Day 1 of World Pork Expo 2026!

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6/2/26 Ag Transportation Issues, Crop Status in NW Iowa

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6/1/26 Ethanol in Farm Equipment Legislation Being Signed

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5/29/26 Farming for the Future in Cass County!

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5/28/26 EPA and DNR Inspections Happening Across Iowa

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5/27/26 Clean Water Wednesday and Getting E15 Passed

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5/26/26 IFBF is Going to India!

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5/22/26 Asian Copperleaf in Iowa, NE IA Growing Conditions

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5/21/26 The Latest on Ag in DC

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5/20/26 Clean Water Wednesday from Bremer County!

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5/19/26 Unpacking the Recent Iowa Weather

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5/18/26 Midwest Meat Summit, Moth Flights in Iowa

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5/15/26 Seeing Emergence, Continuing E15 Discussion

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5/14/25 E15 Bill Passes the US House

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5/13/26 Yield of Dreams Release on Clean Water Wednesday

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5/12/26 May WASDE Reaction

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5/11/26 E-15 Push, Swine Day, Rural Investments

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5/8/26 Farming for the Future Friday Talking USMCA

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5/7/26 Farm Economics, IPPA Takeaways from Legislative Session

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5/6/26 IFBF on Iowa Farm Act, Vets in Iowa

38

5/5/26 Cattlemen Reflect on Legislative Session

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5/4/26 Legislative Session Ends + The Latest on Dicamba

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5/1/26 The 2026 Best Burger in Iowa Is...

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4/30/26 First Reactions to the 2026 Farm Bill

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4/29/26 Following Upcoming Planting Across Iowa

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4/28/26 ALMOST Ready to Plant the DMACC Corn Cam Plot

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4/27/26 Tractor Ride Day 1 Route Announcement!

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4/24/26 FFTF Corn to Livestock to Meat Case!

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4/23/26 New Iowa FFA President, New Ag Major Coming to ISU

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4/22/26 Planting Trees to Celebrate Earth Day!

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4/21/26 Planters are Rolling in Iowa!

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4/20/26 Reporting from Iowa FFA Leadership Conference!

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4/17/26 Exporting from Milwaukee, Working Families' Tax Cuts

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4/15/26 Clean Water Programs with IDALS and IAWA, Best Tenderloin Search Begins

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4/14/26 Planting Gets Closer and Closer

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4/13/26 Right to Repair Bill, SE Iowa Agronomy

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4/10/26 Farming For The Future Friday in Ames with CSIF

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4/9/26 Sec. Naig on Iowa Farm Act, ISU Prof. Talks PRRS Vaccine

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4/8/26 EPA DEF Regulations, John Deere Response, Tree Planting in America 250

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4/7/26 Identifying Weeds and Insects, Northern IA Agronomy, Rodeo at the Fair

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4/6/26 Donating Cow Chow to Nebraska Farmers in Need

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4/6/26 Fertilizer Prices, SW Iowa Agronomy

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We Speak Farm Saturday 4/4/25

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3/31/26 Pork on the Patio

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3/4/26 Clean Water Wednesday with Mike Naig

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Iowa Corn presents a solution to rising gas prices

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Farming for the Future: Maxwell Custom Beef

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1/28/26 Clean Water Wednesday with Mike Naig

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1/27/26 Iowa Soybean Takeover

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Clean Water Wednesday in Grundy County 11/12/25

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Harvest Day at DMACC for the Iowa Soybeans Camera Plot!

69

The Best Tenderloin in Iowa in 2025 Is In Grinnell!

70

Clean Water Wednesday at the Helland Farm!

71

Farming for the Future Friday at the Cannon Farm!

72

A New Partnership Between Taranis and Syngenta

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Clean Water Wednesday: IAWA Launches New Website!

74

Ground Level Dispatch - Impact of Government Shutdown on Ag

75

Clean Water Wednesday with Alex Logan

76

Iowa Corn Goes to India!

77

Causes and Treatments of Pink Eye in Swine

78

We Speak Farm Saturday 9/13/25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 9/6/25

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins

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We Speak Farm Saturday 8/30/25

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Celebrating the 200th Wergin Good Farm Neighbor!

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We Speak Farm Saturday 8/23/25

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ISF 2025 Day 1!

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We Speak Farm Saturday 8/9/25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 8/2/25

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NASCAR Comes to Iowa!

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We Speak Farm Saturday 7/26/25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 7/19/25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 7/12/25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 7/5/25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 6/28/25

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All Things Soybeans and MAHA

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We Speak Farm Saturday 6/21/25

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John King Ground Level Dispatch 6-20-25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 6-14

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Clean Water Wednesday in Emmet County 6/11/25

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Talking Corn with Kelly Nieuwenhuis

99

John King Ground Level Dispatch 6/9/25

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We Speak Farm Saturday 6/7/25

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The Big Show at WPX 2025

102

Reese Drenth from Ground Level Dispatch

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Reese Drenth from Ground Level Dispatch

104

John King from Ground Level Dispatch

105

Two-Way Radios on the Farm

106

Ag News with Ground Level Dispatch 5-16-25

107

Unveiling the New Slogan for Iowa Pork and the National Pork Board!

108

Discussing the Latest Ag News with Ground Level Dispatch 5-12-25

109

Ground Level Dispatch talks Trade, Planting, and more with Duane

110

At the Statehouse Today with Iowa Corn Growers!

111

Hy-Vee is Thanking Farmers With Breakfast!

112

Unveiling a New Polk Co. Wetland Project on Clean Water Wednesday

113

Breaking E-15 News Today!

114

Hy-Vee Helping Re-tree Madison County

115

Talking About N-FACT on Clean Water Wednesday!

116

Presenting the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Keitzers!

117

All Of Our Coverage From the 97th Iowa FFA State Convention!

118

Farming for the Future at Poet in Shell Rock!

119

Livestock Virtual Fencing with Nofence!

120

Proposed Port Fees for Chinese-Owned Vessels

121

Celebrating Ag Week 2025!

122

Al Wulfekuhle's Perspective from the Ntl. Pork Forum

123

Iowa AG Brenna Bird on E-15 Access

124

Clean Water Wednesday with Catherine DeLong

125

The 2025 Top 10 Burgers in Iowa Are Announced!

126

CSIF Building Your Livestock Legacy near Scranton!

127

Sec. Naig Talks IA Farm Environmental Leader Award

128

IFBF Helping Rural Veterinarians with Loans

129

Planning for 2025 with Brock Grain Systems

130

Wyffels' Ames Site Is Up And Running!

131

Carstens Family Foundation Giving Back in Perry

132

Javelina Sighting for Bob in Arizona

133

Eric Snodgrass Joins Conduit Weather!

134

Farming for the Future Conference 2024!

135

HPAI Detected in an Oregon Hog

136

Clean Water Wednesday with Tim Recker

137

Iowa's Front 40: Cara Marker-Morgan

138

Farming For The Future Friday in Louisa County!

139

The Big Show

140

Clean Water Wednesday with Evan Brehm

141

Iowa's Front Forty: Seth Watkins

142

The 2024 Best Tenderloin in Iowa is Crowned!

143

Clean Water Wednesday Talking Drainage Systems!

144

Iowa's Front Forty: Josh Plueger

145

Talking Harvest and Land Values This Fall

146

4-H Foundation Day of Giving 2024

147

Takeaways from ICGA Trip to India

148

Harvest Day 2024 at the Soybean Cam!

149

Kicking Off #Porktober 2024!

150

Introducing Iowa's Front Forty

151

Iowa's Front Forty: Patrick White

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Iowa's Front Forty: John Wills

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Iowa's Front Forty: Emery Davis

154

Clean Water Wednesday with PFI

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The Latest on Action Against Prop-12 and Question 3

156

Soybean Cyst Nematode Action Month

157

Updates from DMACC Agribusiness!

158

Longshoremen Strike Looming

159

#Harvest24 Update from Gentry Sorenson

160

IPPA Discussions in DC

161

Good Farm Neighbor #190 in Des Moines County!

162

Clean Water Wednesday w/ IA Nitrogen Initiative

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The Latest from Sukup

164

Grain Indemnity Fund Assessment Continues in Iowa

165

Day 3 of Farm Progress Show 2024!

166

Farm Progress Show '24 Day 2!

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Day 1 of the 2024 Farm Progress Show!

168

Gearing Up for Farm Progress Show at Landus!

169

Ten Years of IAWA!

170

The Farm Progress Show is a Week Away!

171

Mid-August Crop Conditions in SW Iowa

172

Day 8 from the 2024 Iowa State Fair!

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Day 7 of the 2024 Great Iowa State Fair!

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Day 6 of the 2024 Iowa State Fair!

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Day 5 at the 2024 Iowa State Fair!

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Day 2 of the 2024 Iowa State Fair

177

Kicking Off ISF '24 at Farm Bureau Park!

178

Farmland Market Movers

179

Sweet Corn Day at the Capitol 2024!

180

Big Show Live from Landus!

181

Fun From the 2024 Polk County Fair!

182

Looking at 2026 RFS with IA Biodiesel Board

183

Eastern Iowa's View of the 7/15 Derecho

184

Clean Water Connection between Cedar Rapids and Iowa Ag

185

Recapping the July 15 Derecho

186

Central IA Agronomy Update

187

Sec. Naig on County Dairy Cow Shows and Flooding

188

Meet the New Exec. Director of IAWA!

189

Recap of June Acreage and Stocks Report Day

190

What's Next For Iowa Weather?

191

Ag Transportation Impacted By Flooding

192

What to Know For Flooded Crops

193

Rep. Hinson on Flooding and Foreign Farmland Ownership

194

Clean Water Wednesday with PFI in Boone

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Staying On Top Of Tar Spot

196

Ins and Outs of Boundary by Acquiescence

197

It's Iowa Corn 350 Race Weekend!

198

Landus Boone Ribbon Cutting Day

199

A Ho-Hum June WASDE

200

BASF's Maertens on Early Tar Spot Sightings

201

Good Farm Neighbor 185 in Palo Alto Co.

202

World Pork Expo 2024!

203

Clean Water Wednesday and the Impact Downstream

204

WHO Great Iowa Tractor Ride Routes Announced!

205

Meaghan Anderson: "We've got weird stuff going on"

206

Sec. Naig on Choose Iowa and Dairy Month

207

ITF's Gretta Irwin Addresses Latest HPAI Case in Iowa

208

Farm Bill series with Rep. Randy Feenstra (IA-04)

209

Good Farm Neighbor Award 184: The Boelen Family

210

Clean Water Starts Here With Beer!

211

Farm Bill series with Rep. Zach Nunn (IA-03)

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Farm Bill series with IFBF President

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FFA CEO joins the National Work Readiness Council

214

Farming For The Future with Landus and CSIF

215

Storm Recovery for Farmers

216

Farm Bill Series with Iowa Cattlemen

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Farm Bill Series with Iowa Pork

218

ISU Ext. Late Planting Meetings

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Clean Water Wednesday with Iowa Pork 5/22/24

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Iowa Grain in Storage

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Farm Bill Series with Iowa Soybean Assn.

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Heavy rain this morning. Severe Weather Potential Tonight 5/21/24

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A look at SE Iowa with Beck's Hybrids

224

Farm Bill Series: Iowa Corn Growers

225

The latest from the Steffes Group 5/20/24

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"We're making progress" on planting in Eastern IA

227

Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Struthers Family

228

#Plant24 Day at the Soybean Camera

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#Plant24 Day at the Soybean Camera

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Clean Water Wednesday with Iowa Soybean Association 5/15/24

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Celebrating WHO Radio's Sue Danielson

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Alison Robertson from ISU on Tarspotter app

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Clean Water Wednesday with ICGA's Greg Wandrey & SE IA Farmer Amanda Drost

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Clarabell Probasco: "We have been very blessed in the rain department"

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Angie Rieck-Hinz: "You Should Always Be Scouting"

236

Hour Two: Sec. Naig on Beef and Dairy Safety with HPAI

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Hour One: NE Iowa Needs "An Umbrella Over Us To Get This Crop In The Ground"

238

Hour Two: ICGA President on SAF Credit Shortcomings

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Hour One: Soybean Farmers and New SAF Credits

240

Hour Two: Kicking Off Beef Month With The 2024 Best Burger!

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Hour One: Naming The 2024 Iowa's Best Burger Champ!

242

Hour Two: Update on HPAI In Wild Flocks

243

Hour One: "We've Got To Be Able To Get Into This Plant"

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Hour Two: Rep. Hinson on National Ag Issues

245

Hour One: Impacts From Tornados and Rain In Iowa This Weekend

246

FFTF Continues from Kwik Star in Altoona

247

4/26 Hour One: Farming For The Future in Altoona

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Hour Two: Cattlemen Grading The 2024 State Legislative Session

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Hour One: Planters Are Rolling at FULL SPEED

250

Hour Two: Naig on Cattle HPAI and Clean Water!

251

Hour One: East Central Iowa Agronomy Update

252

Hour Two: #Plant24 Has Begun In Southwest IA

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Hour One: Toeing The Starting Line For Planting In Southern Iowa

254

4/19 Hour Two: Homeland Energy Solutions Hosts Farming For the Future Friday!

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4/19 Hour One: Farming For The Future In Lawler

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Hour Two: Hog Manure and Soil Health

257

Hour One: Update From ISU VDL Director

258

Hour Two: More CWISH in Hardin County!

259

Hour One: Clean Water Starts at the Stolee Farm!

260

4/16 Full Show: More From FFA Leadership Conference!!

261

Hour Two: Weed Prevention on Soybeans with Syngenta

262

Hour One: Iowa FFA Leadership Conference

263

Hour Two: More From the Garage With Titan Tire

264

Hour One: Fixing Up The Big Show Garage Gator

265

Hour Two: GFN Number 182 Continues With CSIF!

266

Hour One: The First Good Farm Neighbor Award in Monroe County

267

Hour Two: Update On Ag News From The Statehouse With Sec. Naig

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Hour One: Celebrating a Century of WHO

269

NewsRadio 1040 WHO is 100 Years Old!

270

Hour two: "A Lot More Optimistic Going Into This Year"

271

Hour One: Reminiscing On The Great Solar Eclipse of 2024

272

Hour Two: Meat Labelling Bill Fails in Iowa House

273

Hour Two: GFN Award Near Scranton, IA

274

Hour One: Good Farm Neighbor Award #181

275

Hour Two: The Potential for Soybeans in Soy Foods Month

276

Hour One: Cost of Production in Ag

277

Hour Two: More From Landus

278

Hour One: Drone Technology at Landus

279

Hour Two: Weather, Custom Ag Work

280

Hour One: Reflecting on Yesterday's USDA Report

281

Hour Two: Farm Succession Planning

282

Hour One: Report Day Heading Into Market Holiday Weekend

283

Hour Two: "There's always more we can do" in conservation

284

Hour One: Talking Clean Water with Catherine DeLong

285

Hour Two: Surveying Needs of Ag Employers for the Future

286

Hour One: HPAI Found In Dairy Cows & Baltimore Shipwreck Affecting Ag Shipping

287

Hour Two: Conservation on the Recker Farm Coming Out of Winter

288

Hour One: Precipitation to Celebrate Over the Weekend

289

3/22/24 Full Show: Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Alberts!

290

3/21/24 Hour Two: Rooted in Agriculture in Franklin County

291

3/21/24 Hour One: Sen. Ernst on Women in Ag, FAFSA for Ag Students

292

Hour Two: Clean Water Wednesday Zeros in on Mahaska County!

293

Hour One: The Latest on the Farm Bill from Agri-Pulse

294

Hour Two: IFBF Investing In Scholarship For The Future Of Ag

295

Hour One: E-15 Lawsuit Dropped

296

Hour Two: Celebrating Ag Week With IFBF & Driftless Cattle

297

Hour One: The 2024 Best Burger Finalists Are In!

298

Hour Two: Shifting Climate in the Midwest Though Spring

299

Hour One: Dr. Sundberg Receives Award from NPB

300

Hour Two: State Senator Driscoll on Meat Integrity Bill

301

Hour One: Rain is Finally Falling Across Iowa!

302

Hour Two: Talking Clean Water with Evan Brehm

303

Hour One: Grain Quality in Record Warm February & March

304

Hour Two: Crop Insurance Deadline Is Approaching Quickly

305

Hour One: Eagerness to Get Out in the Fields

306

3/11 Hour Two: IFBF Gift to FFA Foundation Campaign

307

3/11 Hour One: Agronomy Update From North Central Iowa

308

Recapping the SOTU, Human Trafficking stories... and more!

309

Hour Two: Farming for the Future @ Flight Bar + Grille

310

Hour One: Visiting the Reigning Best Burger Champ

311

3/7/24 Hour Two: "Our Children Deserve Better Than to be Fed Science Experiments"

312

3/7/24 Hour One: Finding New Uses for Corn with the Radical Corn Value Chain Challenge

313

Hour Two: Farmers for Soil Health Opportunity

314

Hour One: SW Iowa - "Drier than we'd like to be"

315

Hour Two: Smart Carbon Network, 100 Yrs. of Outlook Forum

316

Hour One: Agronomy from Eastern Iowa

317

Hour Two: Following the Path of a Soybean

318

Hour One: Best Burger Votes Are Due Next Week!

319

Hour Two: More From the Final Weekday of Commodity Classic 2024

320

Hour One: A Packed Show from Commodity Classic

321

Hour Two: Van Wall, Al Kluis, IA Soy, Bayer @ Commodity Classic

322

Hour Two: Talking with BASF at #Classic24

323

Hour One: Commodity Classic is Underway!

324

Hour Two: Farming for the Future with ISU Vet Med

325

Hour One: FFTF at ISU Veterinary Medicine Lab

326

Hour Two: KY Machinery Show Recap

327

Hour One: IA Corn I-LEAD Program Training the Next Leaders

328

Hour Two: Competition Crop Update, Spring Pond Treatments

329

Hour One: Drought in Eastern Iowa and a Look ahead to #Plant24

330

Hour Two: Rep. Hinson on Prop 12, Meyer Talks Hogs

331

Hour One: Not-So-Wintery Conditions in Northern Iowa

332

Hour 2: Record Weather Trends in Iowa

333

Hour 1: Cybersecurity on the Farm

334

Farming for the Future Friday Near Griswold, IA!

335

Hour Two: Bioreactor Research at ISU

336

Hour One: Iowa Swine Industry, Ag Outlook Forum News

337

Hour Two: Deep-Dive Into the Census of Ag

338

Hour One: 'Valentine's Day Massacre" For Markets

339

Hour Two: The Possibility of a New Farm Bill is Diminishing

340

Hour One: Census of Agriculture is Out

341

Hour Two: 15th Best Burger Contest is Underway!

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Hour One: Voting Starts NOW for Iowa's Best Burger '24!