by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 4, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
We have new leadership on the House Ag Committee in the next Congress. Both Democrats and Republicans picked their new leadership to replace Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN 7th) who was defeated in the elections, and Ranking Member Congressman Michael Conaway (R-TX...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 3, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has been a loud advocate for accountability in payments that are issued as part of farm programs. During the last Farm Bill negotiation, Grassley was the only dissenting vote on approving their draft of a Farm Bill the Senate Ag Committee...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 2, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
I feel like I am becoming a broken record when it comes to talking about the hurdles that the biofuels industry has had to leap over these past few years. We all know that 2020 was supposed to be their year to shine. 2020 was a year that nobody anticipated, but let?s...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 1, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The biofuels industry has taken a severe hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the leading producer of biofuels in the United States, Iowa has taken a lion?s share of this hit. Work is being done on the national level to restore integrity to the Renewable Fuels...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Nov 30, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
This past year has been one that nobody will forget anytime soon. It is the ones that we will someday tell our grandkids about… at nauseum. It is a year that threw predictability out the window and was a testament to Murphy?s Law. It was not just that way for...