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Southwest Iowa residents expressed their priorities for the upcoming Farm Bill at a recent forum held in Greenfield, Iowa.

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is a devastating disease. Work to bring pigs that are resistant to the disease is underway.

Summer flies, gubs, bots, and keds can create all sorts of problems for livestock producers.

In the Heartland, localized heavy rains brought spotty improvement and record disastrous flooding in St. Louis.

Livestock guard dogs are rising in popularity among ranchers.

So far, cool temps and frequent rains have kept planters in the shed, but Dale Mohler, senior commodity forecaster for AccuWeather, says better planting days are coming – eventually.