by Staff Editor | Jan 19, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today reminded farmers and landowners who planted cover crops this past fall to apply for the state’s Crop Insurance Discount Program ahead of the Friday, January 26 deadline. Eligible Iowans can receive a $5 per acre discount...
by Staff Editor | Jan 18, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Large-scale family farms accounted for a majority of the value of commodity production in 2022, according to a new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service. Specifically, these farms accounted for 51 percent of cash grains and soybeans, 56 percent of hog...
by Staff Editor | Jan 17, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The National Pork Producers Council submitted comments critical of the Food and Drug Administration’s draft guidance on the duration of use of certain antibiotics in food animals. NPPC says the proposal would “deny the ability for a veterinarian to prescribe...
by Staff Editor | Jan 16, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The USDA is awarding grants worth $19 million to American businesses to increase the availability of biofuels in 22 states and give Americans cleaner and more affordable options at gas station pumps. Blending ethanol into gasoline has helped reduce fuel costs by...
by Staff Editor | Jan 15, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The Farmers National Company says the farmland market seems to be moving into the new year maintaining the value increases it’s built during the last three years. That stability is in place despite increasing pressure from declining commodity markets, rising interest...
