by Dustin Hoffmann | Nov 14, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Fraudulent opportunities seem to come up more and more. Myself, I probably get four or five calls a day trying to get the best of me. As the holidays approach, these scammers will get more aggressive, and we need to be aware of those attempts. The folks at AARP are...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Nov 13, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Bees are sometimes the unsung heroes of American food production. They help to pollinate plants, plus they make the honey that we all enjoy. I say this having enjoyed some on some toast just this morning. However, just like any animal or person, they have to protect...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Nov 10, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The marketplace is a very fickle place. My dad used to quip many times that “someone must have turned on the sprinklers in Chicago and they think we are getting rain” whenever the markets were down. All joking aside, it doesn’t take much to move the market, but that...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Nov 9, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
There is an ongoing message coming from farmers across the country. They want the same opportunities to sell their products as other farmers enjoy. Many times it is seen as a battle between large and small farms. Whatever the motivation is behind it, all farmers want...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Nov 8, 2023 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Pork producers have had a very tough year when it comes to the prices they’ve been getting paid for their products. The oversupply issue we saw come out of the 2020 pandemic really hasn’t settled down too much. Recently, Rabobank looked at some data that...
