by Riley Smith | Jul 16, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
A total of 12 groups sued the Bureau of Land Management, saying the new Public Lands Rule threatens the future of ranching in the U.S. by destabilizing a long-time tradition of grazing on federal lands. Travis Cushman, deputy general counsel for AFBF, said there are...
by Riley Smith | Jul 15, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The United Soybean Board recently met in Baltimore to set priorities for the upcoming year. Jim Douglas, who sits on both the United Soybean Board and the U.S. Meat Export Federation executive committee, spoke at the USB meeting about the importance of their...
by Riley Smith | Jul 15, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan, or U.S. SHIP, is a producer-driven national program serving as a unified industry playbook centered around biosecurity, traceability, and sampling and testing for animal health challenges. Al Wulfekuhle, board of director with...
by Riley Smith | Jul 12, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The Iowa State Fair is less than a month away, and the people who run it are excited (with a healthy dose of fear) for it to kick off. Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons said several events have taken place on the fairgrounds recently, and that helps them to be...
by Riley Smith | Jul 12, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It seems like we only get one or two friendly USDA reports to talk about every year, and the July WASDE report was one of them. However, it’s not as bullish as it might initially seem, so expectations for the long term need to be tempered. Allendale commodity broker...
