by Riley Smith | Mar 21, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
America’s largest biofuel trade association just got a little bigger. Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, talks about their newest member. Cory Reed, president of John Deere’s Worldwide Agriculture & Turf Division, said that the company, which is best known for...
by Riley Smith | Mar 20, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
This week’s export sales contained some good and some bad, which has the markets moving in several different directions. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said the corn export sales almost set a weekly record. On the other hand, the soybean export totals for...
by Riley Smith | Mar 20, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is set to expire this year if Congress doesn’t take action. Dustin Sherer, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said that letting the TCJA expire would have significant impacts to agriculture and...
by Riley Smith | Mar 19, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Disease, pest, and weed pressure get stronger every year, so it’s important to have new seed traits that can better handle those problems. The corn lineup at Pioneer is currently going through some changes to make sure that farmers will have enough tools in their...
by Riley Smith | Mar 19, 2025 | 5 Ag Stories, News
What are USDA’s projections for the American dairy industry in the coming year? At this year’s Ag Outlook Forum, USDA dairy analyst Peyton Ferrier said the industry might see modest growth. When it comes to price projections for the year ahead, Ferrier said...