The presentations from the morning meeting of the Board President’s Conference held on Tuesday, February 17th in Ankeny have been posted. You will also find presentations from the afternoon meeting […]
Thank you to our members who attended the 2015 Winter Workshop held in Storm Lake and Coralville last week. We have posted the presentations from the workshop for your viewing. […]
Dr. Chad Hart,ISU Associate Economics Professor, and Dr. Keri Jacobs,IIC Endowed Economic Professor, have published the following article “Cooperative grain margins and implications of crop price movements and market inverses”. […]
Strategies offered by Iowa AgState to help farmers capture value from ‘Big Data’ Comprehensive report complements regional, national efforts serving farmers (Ankeny, IA – Dec. 16, 2014) Leading Iowa farm […]
Thank you to our members and our sponsors for making our 64th annual meeting a success. We have posted the presentations from the afternoon breakout sessions on the annual meeting […]
From http://www.usda.gov/ DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16, 2014 – Iowa is home to more top 100 agricultural cooperatives than any other state, according to recently released USDA data. The number […]
Says private sector must get involved to advance conservation October 2, 2014 From http://www.farm-news.com/ CARROLL (AP) – Farmers in Iowa and the Midwest will soon be able to get advice […]
Co-ops Set Third Consecutive Sales Record; Jobs Increased by 5 percent Last Year Source: http://www.usda.gov/ WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the nation’s farmer, […]
This harvest will no doubt yield a bumper crop. Concerned about storage capacity? The following is refresher on temporary & emergency storage solutions from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and […]
Christopher Doering, cdoering@gannett.com www.desmoinesregister.com/ WASHINGTON – At West Central, a farmer-owned Iowa cooperative that depends heavily on trains to move crops, seed and fertilizer, officials had no reason to believe the […]