by Mark Magnuson | Nov 4, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
World Food Prize week in Iowa culminated last Thursday with the award of what is considered the “Nobel Prize of Agriculture.” The laureate awards were awarded to two advocates of plant genetic diversity and global seed banks. World Food Prize Foundation...
by Mark Magnuson | Nov 1, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
USDA will test the milk supply beginning with states where dairy cattle tested positive in the spring for the H5N1 bird flu virus. Bird flu is an increasing concern for USDA, amid H5N1 infections in not just poultry, but also dairy cattle. Most recently the virus was...
by Mark Magnuson | Oct 31, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Relief for low crop prices in a lame-duck session is still an active topic on Capitol Hill as prospects for a new farm bill this year dwindle with the close of the 118th Congress. American Farm Bureau’s Joe Gilson has been meeting with farm lawmakers and staffers,...
by Mark Magnuson | Oct 31, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced the formation of the Iowa Organic Advisory Council within the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and appointed seven Iowans to serve on it. A similar Organic Advisory Council existed previously...
by Mark Magnuson | Oct 30, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Last Friday’s Cattle on Feed report confirms a strong demand for cattle and beef says USDA economist, Michael McConnell. September placements into feedlots of 2.16 million head is down 2% from a year ago. Marketings out of feedlots were up 2% leaving feedlots October...
