Meteorologists may soon be “right as rain” thanks to a more accurate rainfall system University of Missouri researchers have developed. The system improves the precision of forecasts by accounting for evaporation in rainfall estimates, particularly for locations 30 miles or more from the nearest National Weather Service radar. “Right now, forecasts are generally not accounting […]

A shout out to these six ag industry members who were recently selected as 2018 Outstanding Agricultural Mentors at the Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference in Chaska, Minnesota. The Outstanding Agricultural Mentors for 2018 are: Jan Albrecht, retired dairy farmer; Joel Larsen, Program Specialist for Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources at the Minnesota Department of Education; […]

Domino’s knows one thing — there’s no pizza without farmers. The largest global pizza company is celebrating farmers in a week long special.

Five AgTech startups have been selected to participate in the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator 2018 program. The 2018 Iowa AgriTech Accelerator recipients are: U.S. Design Consultants (Osceola, Iowa) — A startup that has developed an innovative method of broadcast dispensing granular products that addresses fundamental challenges and eliminates negative consequences attributed to conventional broadcast dispensing equipment. […]

Their mission is to make the world’s farmland information accessible and their new site, FarmlandFinder is certainly doing that.

Fifteen 4-H students from across the country had the opportunity Tuesday to brief the House Agriculture Committees’s Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research on “The Importance of Agriculture in the United States.” “I don’t know if there is anything better than seeing young people interested and passionate about the future of our agriculture industry. The […]

The 2018 Women’s Agricultural Leadership conference will be celebrating its 20th year and its “Passion for Progress” next week. The annual conference, coordinated by Minnesota District 11 Agri-Women, includes presentations on a wide variety of topics, including agriculture policy, advocacy, technology, professional development, and marketing. It has become known for its quality programming, leadership development, […]

It’s time for another Purple Plow challenge from the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture! The interactive challenge, Growing Your Community, will run through May 1 and asks students to research, design, construct, test, and report on a solution to combat food insecurity in their communities. The top three entries will win a 3-D printer […]

From a young age Nick Nelson was always around FFA and agricultural teachers. It helped his father taught ag at Sutherlin High, but the Oregon native said his real attraction to the ag education profession came from the bond he witnessed among ag teachers. “The ag teachers in the Umpqua District were a very tight […]

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Statistics and United States Department of Agriculture show while women constitute less than 1 percent of the nation’s agricultural scientists, engineers, and policymakers, they occupy the majority, about 60 percent, of lower-paid agricultural jobs on America’s farms and ranches. Six female professors at Montana State University and Flathead Valley […]