by Riley Smith | Jun 19, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Earlier this week the Food Bank of Iowa received a grant from State Farm to support their goal of mobile food distribution and to help Iowans recover from last month’s tornado outbreak. The funds will provide the equivalent of tens of thousands of nutritious meals,...
by Riley Smith | Jun 19, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The U.S. is facing a record-large agricultural trade deficit in 2024. Betty Resnick, an economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the deficit has deepened significantly in the last two years. Resnick said there are many challenges contributing to the ag...
by Riley Smith | Jun 18, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Contrary to the ever-changing weather we’ve seen here in Iowa, the weather has remained status quo in South America. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest conditions. Fortunately, that weather hasn’t impacted the safrinha harvest in...
by Riley Smith | Jun 17, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The plentiful amount of rain we have received so far this crop season has been a blessing for the drought conditions across the state. In fact, Iowa is now entirely drought-free. However, receiving so much rain in a relatively short period of time also has some...
by Riley Smith | Jun 17, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Corporate Chef Germán Navarrete is based in Mexico City, but his talents are employed throughout the world. With support from USDA and the Beef Checkoff Program, Chef Navarrete recently conducted training sessions for chefs and...
