by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 7, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The markets are beginning to react to another case of African Swine Fever (ASF) appearing in a market herd of hogs in Germany. With Germany being a major competitor in the global pork market, this could be a good sign for the United States, as a ban on German pork...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 7, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
In case you weren?t around the upper Midwest on Tuesday, it was hot. It was one of those days that just thinking about going outside made you sweat. Days like that have been often coming this summer, but the one thing that we know is that eventually heat waves break....
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 6, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The 2023 Farm Bill has been discussed quite a few times in the respective chambers of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees. There have been hearings on climate change, subsidies, and nutrition. This is the biggest food policy document in the government, and...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 6, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
We have been hearing much about the need for market reform in the beef industry and the debates that have been going along with that. Producers are questioning how much market share is too much when only four packers call the shots on 85% of the marketplace.Beef isn?t...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Jul 5, 2022 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It is only a small percentage of lawmakers in Congress that know anything about rural America. Rural areas of the country make up only a small percentage of representation in the House of Representatives. Getting the story out to that many people is a Herculean task...