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According to data compiled by the Successful Farming team, more than 5,700 acres of Iowa farmland are set to be auctioned in Oct. 2025. Listings range from single tracts of less than 40 acres to a multi-parcel auction that includes 323 acres. Here’s a closer look at the farmland expected to change hands across 24 Iowa counties. Wayne County Wayne County has three separate listings, the largest of which is just under 320 acres.  The Leslie D. Tuttle Revocable Trust is represented by Peoples Company.  “This Tuttle Family Farm dates back to 1948, so this kind of opportunity to purchase…

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday the federal government would support American farmers in light of China’s refusal to buy soybeans and that an announcement would be made on Tuesday. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, Bessent said. “We’ve got their backs,” he added. Chinese importers have not yet bought soybeans from the autumn U.S. harvest during the trade war between Washington and Beijing, costing U.S. farmers billions of dollars in lost sales. “It’s unfortunate that Chinese leadership has decided to use the American farmers, soybean farmers, in particular, as a hostage or pawn in the trade negotiations,” Bessent said. Trump said on Wednesday that soybeans would be a major…

Ahead of 9:45 a.m. CT, December corn was up less than a penny at $4.17¼ per bushel. November soybeans were up 4½¢ at $10.17½ per bushel. December CBOT wheat was up 5½¢ at $5.14¾ per bushel. December KC wheat was up 4¢ at $4.99½ per bushel. December Minneapolis wheat was up 4½¢ at $5.61½. “We’re in day two of the partial government shutdown,” said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist at StoneX. “The Energy Information Administration continues to turn out reports, but most other government reports are on hold. That means that we received no weekly jobless claims data this morning,…

By Cami Koons A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Calhoun County according to a Thursday news release from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. This is the first detection of the H5N1 bird flu in Iowa since April, but the eighth detection in Iowa flocks in 2025. The detection was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, which despite the government shutdown is permitted to continue work pertaining to HPAI.  According to IDALS, there were about 42,000 birds in the affected commercial turkey flock.  Gov. Kim…

DAILY Bites Brazilian researchers developed a new methodology to project how climate change will affect the physiology of livestock between 2050 and 2100. Findings show that small ruminants in the Northern Hemisphere and dairy cattle and poultry in the Southern Hemisphere will be most vulnerable to heat stress. The study discusses the need for adaptive genetics, resilient breeds, and sustainable policies to protect food security as global temperatures rise. DAILY Discussion Brazilian researchers have developed a methodology that allows them to project the physiological responses of herds of different production animal species to the impacts of climate change between 2050…

By Joshua Haiar SALEM — Spending 12 hours a day in his combine this week, harvesting amber rows of soybeans he planted in the spring, Andrew Streff has time to think — and it’s hard not to think about the ongoing trade dispute with China. The country is boycotting purchases of U.S. soybeans in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “China hasn’t purchased any soybeans from the United States this year, thanks to the president,” said Streff, who farms near Salem. “Our beans are the cheapest in the world, by about $2 a bushel, but this trade war is keeping…

The U.S. Department of Labor has unveiled a sweeping change to how wages are determined for foreign agricultural guestworkers under the H-2A program, a move officials say could save farmers and ranchers more than $2 billion annually in labor costs. The interim final rule, published October 2, replaces the long-criticized Farm Labor Survey with data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. By shifting to this methodology, the Department aims to better align H-2A wages with comparable occupations in the broader labor market. For farmers, particularly in high-cost states like Michigan, the change offers long-awaited…

The World Dairy Expo is underway this week in Madison, Wisconsin, where commercial exhibitors from all over the globe are showcasing their products at the Expo’s trade show.  Here’s a look at five of the new products featured at the show. Nedap SmartSight Nedap introduced SmartSight, a new locomotion monitoring product for early lameness detection in dairy herds. This technology involves a camera and an on-farm device to analyze the locomotion of “every cow, every milking, every day,” according to Nedap Data Analyst Arnold Harbers.  The top-view camera was designed for simple installation and low maintenance, and it can be…

The homepage of the U.S. Department of Agriculture now features a bold message that breaks from the usual neutral notices seen during funding lapses. Instead of simply stating that the website won’t be updated, it describes the closure as a “Radical Left Democrat shutdown,” noting President Trump’s stated wish to keep the government open to support farmers and agricultural producers. The tone of this announcement sharply contrasts with the nonpartisan warnings typically issued during past shutdowns.  Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Currently, the federal government has been closed for one day and nine hours, and rural communities…

Väderstad has revealed its 2026 product lineup including a brand-new row unit for its Tempo planters, a third disc axle configuration for the Carrier XL disc cultivator, and the Väderstad E-Connect digital platform. Tempo Planter Row Unit Väderstad Tempo Planter row unit. Väderstad Väderstad’s new row unit for the Tempo planter builds on 15 years of the company’s development in high-speed planting.  “Over the years, our current row unit has been continuously refined with new features and improved accuracy. But this time, we went back to the drawing board. The result is not just an upgrade — it’s a complete…