by Mark Magnuson | Feb 12, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
A ruling handed down by federal Judge David Bury in the U.S. District Court of Arizona in Tucson last week has revoked the approval that allows for the use of dicamba herbicide products on soybeans and cotton. The ruling applies to Iowa’s soybean growers, many of whom...
by Mark Magnuson | Feb 9, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
U.S. Agricultural Negotiator Doug McKalip told the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association at the group’s CattleCon 24 that doing away with non-tariff trade barriers means that face-to-face talks need to happen with some of the U.S.’ biggest trading partners....
by Mark Magnuson | Feb 8, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Foreign animal disease is an ever-present worry for livestock producers in the United States. Foreign animal disease prevention and mitigation measures have been implemented throughout the livestock industry to give producers a leg up in the fight against potential...
by Mark Magnuson | Feb 8, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
USDA’s Economic Research Service forecasts that U.S. net cash farm income will decrease by $42.2 billion, or 25.8 percent, to $121.7 billion in 2024 in inflation-adjusted dollars. This is after net farm cash income decreased in 2023 by a forecast of $50.2 billion to...
by Mark Magnuson | Feb 7, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Grocery prices, for the most part, remain high and according to the American Farm Bureau the price increases could continue. Grocery store prices have not been kind to consumer’s pocketbooks recently and AFBF Economist Bernt Nelson says that input costs and general...