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7/13/26 Sweet Corn Day at the Capitol

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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

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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!

20

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

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5/5/26 Cattlemen Reflect on Legislative Session

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

41

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!

70

The Best Tenderloin in Iowa in 2025 Is In Grinnell!

71

Clean Water Wednesday at the Helland Farm!

72

Farming for the Future Friday at the Cannon Farm!

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A New Partnership Between Taranis and Syngenta

74

Clean Water Wednesday: IAWA Launches New Website!

75

Ground Level Dispatch - Impact of Government Shutdown on Ag

76

Clean Water Wednesday with Alex Logan

77

Iowa Corn Goes to India!

78

Causes and Treatments of Pink Eye in Swine

79

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

85

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

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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

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Reese Drenth from Ground Level Dispatch

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Reese Drenth from Ground Level Dispatch

105

John King from Ground Level Dispatch

106

Two-Way Radios on the Farm

107

Ag News with Ground Level Dispatch 5-16-25

108

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

109

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

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

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At the Statehouse Today with Iowa Corn Growers!

112

Hy-Vee is Thanking Farmers With Breakfast!

113

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

114

Breaking E-15 News Today!

115

Hy-Vee Helping Re-tree Madison County

116

Talking About N-FACT on Clean Water Wednesday!

117

Presenting the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Keitzers!

118

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

119

Farming for the Future at Poet in Shell Rock!

120

Livestock Virtual Fencing with Nofence!

121

Proposed Port Fees for Chinese-Owned Vessels

122

Celebrating Ag Week 2025!

123

Al Wulfekuhle's Perspective from the Ntl. Pork Forum

124

Iowa AG Brenna Bird on E-15 Access

125

Clean Water Wednesday with Catherine DeLong

126

The 2025 Top 10 Burgers in Iowa Are Announced!

127

CSIF Building Your Livestock Legacy near Scranton!

128

Sec. Naig Talks IA Farm Environmental Leader Award

129

IFBF Helping Rural Veterinarians with Loans

130

Planning for 2025 with Brock Grain Systems

131

Wyffels' Ames Site Is Up And Running!

132

Carstens Family Foundation Giving Back in Perry

133

Javelina Sighting for Bob in Arizona

134

Eric Snodgrass Joins Conduit Weather!

135

Farming for the Future Conference 2024!

136

HPAI Detected in an Oregon Hog

137

Clean Water Wednesday with Tim Recker

138

Iowa's Front 40: Cara Marker-Morgan

139

Farming For The Future Friday in Louisa County!

140

The Big Show

141

Clean Water Wednesday with Evan Brehm

142

Iowa's Front Forty: Seth Watkins

143

The 2024 Best Tenderloin in Iowa is Crowned!

144

Clean Water Wednesday Talking Drainage Systems!

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Iowa's Front Forty: Josh Plueger

146

Talking Harvest and Land Values This Fall

147

4-H Foundation Day of Giving 2024

148

Takeaways from ICGA Trip to India

149

Harvest Day 2024 at the Soybean Cam!

150

Kicking Off #Porktober 2024!

151

Introducing Iowa's Front Forty

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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

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Clean Water Wednesday with PFI

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The Latest on Action Against Prop-12 and Question 3

157

Soybean Cyst Nematode Action Month

158

Updates from DMACC Agribusiness!

159

Longshoremen Strike Looming

160

#Harvest24 Update from Gentry Sorenson

161

IPPA Discussions in DC

162

Good Farm Neighbor #190 in Des Moines County!

163

Clean Water Wednesday w/ IA Nitrogen Initiative

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The Latest from Sukup

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Grain Indemnity Fund Assessment Continues in Iowa

166

Day 3 of Farm Progress Show 2024!

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Farm Progress Show '24 Day 2!

168

Day 1 of the 2024 Farm Progress Show!

169

Gearing Up for Farm Progress Show at Landus!

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Ten Years of IAWA!

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The Farm Progress Show is a Week Away!

172

Mid-August Crop Conditions in SW Iowa

173

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

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Kicking Off ISF '24 at Farm Bureau Park!

179

Farmland Market Movers

180

Sweet Corn Day at the Capitol 2024!

181

Big Show Live from Landus!

182

Fun From the 2024 Polk County Fair!

183

Looking at 2026 RFS with IA Biodiesel Board

184

Eastern Iowa's View of the 7/15 Derecho

185

Clean Water Connection between Cedar Rapids and Iowa Ag

186

Recapping the July 15 Derecho

187

Central IA Agronomy Update

188

Sec. Naig on County Dairy Cow Shows and Flooding

189

Meet the New Exec. Director of IAWA!

190

Recap of June Acreage and Stocks Report Day

191

What's Next For Iowa Weather?

192

Ag Transportation Impacted By Flooding

193

What to Know For Flooded Crops

194

Rep. Hinson on Flooding and Foreign Farmland Ownership

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Clean Water Wednesday with PFI in Boone

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Staying On Top Of Tar Spot

197

Ins and Outs of Boundary by Acquiescence

198

It's Iowa Corn 350 Race Weekend!

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Landus Boone Ribbon Cutting Day

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A Ho-Hum June WASDE

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BASF's Maertens on Early Tar Spot Sightings

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Good Farm Neighbor 185 in Palo Alto Co.

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World Pork Expo 2024!

204

Clean Water Wednesday and the Impact Downstream

205

WHO Great Iowa Tractor Ride Routes Announced!

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

207

Sec. Naig on Choose Iowa and Dairy Month

208

ITF's Gretta Irwin Addresses Latest HPAI Case in Iowa

209

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

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Good Farm Neighbor Award 184: The Boelen Family

211

Clean Water Starts Here With Beer!

212

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

215

Farming For The Future with Landus and CSIF

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Storm Recovery for Farmers

217

Farm Bill Series with Iowa Cattlemen

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Farm Bill Series with Iowa Pork

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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

225

Farm Bill Series: Iowa Corn Growers

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The latest from the Steffes Group 5/20/24

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

228

Good Farm Neighbor Award to the Struthers Family

229

#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"

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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"

239

Hour Two: ICGA President on SAF Credit Shortcomings

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Hour One: Soybean Farmers and New SAF Credits

241

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!

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Hour Two: Update on HPAI In Wild Flocks

244

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

245

Hour Two: Rep. Hinson on National Ag Issues

246

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

247

FFTF Continues from Kwik Star in Altoona

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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

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Hour Two: Naig on Cattle HPAI and Clean Water!

252

Hour One: East Central Iowa Agronomy Update

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Hour Two: #Plant24 Has Begun In Southwest IA

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

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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

258

Hour One: Update From ISU VDL Director

259

Hour Two: More CWISH in Hardin County!

260

Hour One: Clean Water Starts at the Stolee Farm!

261

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

262

Hour Two: Weed Prevention on Soybeans with Syngenta

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Hour One: Iowa FFA Leadership Conference

264

Hour Two: More From the Garage With Titan Tire

265

Hour One: Fixing Up The Big Show Garage Gator

266

Hour Two: GFN Number 182 Continues With CSIF!

267

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

268

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

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Hour One: Celebrating a Century of WHO

270

NewsRadio 1040 WHO is 100 Years Old!

271

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

272

Hour One: Reminiscing On The Great Solar Eclipse of 2024

273

Hour Two: Meat Labelling Bill Fails in Iowa House

274

Hour Two: GFN Award Near Scranton, IA

275

Hour One: Good Farm Neighbor Award #181

276

Hour Two: The Potential for Soybeans in Soy Foods Month

277

Hour One: Cost of Production in Ag

278

Hour Two: More From Landus

279

Hour One: Drone Technology at Landus

280

Hour Two: Weather, Custom Ag Work

281

Hour One: Reflecting on Yesterday's USDA Report

282

Hour Two: Farm Succession Planning

283

Hour One: Report Day Heading Into Market Holiday Weekend

284

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

285

Hour One: Talking Clean Water with Catherine DeLong

286

Hour Two: Surveying Needs of Ag Employers for the Future

287

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

288

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

289

Hour One: Precipitation to Celebrate Over the Weekend

290

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

291

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

292

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

293

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

294

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

295

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

296

Hour One: E-15 Lawsuit Dropped

297

Hour Two: Celebrating Ag Week With IFBF & Driftless Cattle

298

Hour One: The 2024 Best Burger Finalists Are In!

299

Hour Two: Shifting Climate in the Midwest Though Spring

300

Hour One: Dr. Sundberg Receives Award from NPB

301

Hour Two: State Senator Driscoll on Meat Integrity Bill

302

Hour One: Rain is Finally Falling Across Iowa!

303

Hour Two: Talking Clean Water with Evan Brehm

304

Hour One: Grain Quality in Record Warm February & March

305

Hour Two: Crop Insurance Deadline Is Approaching Quickly

306

Hour One: Eagerness to Get Out in the Fields

307

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

308

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

309

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

310

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

311

Hour One: Visiting the Reigning Best Burger Champ

312

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

313

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

314

Hour Two: Farmers for Soil Health Opportunity

315

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

316

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

317

Hour One: Agronomy from Eastern Iowa

318

Hour Two: Following the Path of a Soybean

319

Hour One: Best Burger Votes Are Due Next Week!

320

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

321

Hour One: A Packed Show from Commodity Classic

322

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

323

Hour Two: Talking with BASF at #Classic24

324

Hour One: Commodity Classic is Underway!

325

Hour Two: Farming for the Future with ISU Vet Med

326

Hour One: FFTF at ISU Veterinary Medicine Lab

327

Hour Two: KY Machinery Show Recap

328

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

329

Hour Two: Competition Crop Update, Spring Pond Treatments

330

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

331

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

332

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

333

Hour 2: Record Weather Trends in Iowa

334

Hour 1: Cybersecurity on the Farm

335

Farming for the Future Friday Near Griswold, IA!

336

Hour Two: Bioreactor Research at ISU

337

Hour One: Iowa Swine Industry, Ag Outlook Forum News

338

Hour Two: Deep-Dive Into the Census of Ag

339

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

340

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

341

Hour One: Census of Agriculture is Out

342

Hour Two: 15th Best Burger Contest is Underway!

343

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