To hear more about Secretary Northey's thoughts on the 2014 election, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - This year Iowan voters will decide who serves as their next state Secretary of Agriculture. Currently the race has only two candidates, incumbent Republican Bill...
To hear Brandon's coverage of the past winter's place in the record books with State Climatologist Harry Hillaker, click here.DES MOINES, Iowa - There are mild winters, and there are bitterly cold winters, but quantifying them is a little more nuanced.Luckily, State...
To hear more about the Ukraine crisis and its effect on crop prices, click here or here.MARION, Iowa - As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to flare, the ultimate effect it may have on U.S. corn prices remains unclear.On a map, Ukraine sits north of the...
To hear more of Brandon's conversation with Mike Steenhoek on indexing the gas tax to inflation, click here.ANKENY, Iowa - Roads across the United States are in poor condition, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. In its 2013 assessment of surface...
To hear Brandon's breakdown of the proposed FY 2015 USDA budget, click here.WASHINGTON - Total outlays in USDA's proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 are about 4% lower than in the Department's fiscal year 2014 budget, at $140 billion.Where farm and commodity programs...
To hear Brandon's recap of today's trade, click here.MARION, Iowa - Demand for corn, beef and hogs continues to clip along, but the soybean market may be tuckered out. Today's analyst is owner of Ag Management Services Rich Balvanz.CornThe corn market, I think today,...
To hear Brandon's conclusion to National Grain Bin Safety Week, click here.NEVADA, Iowa and STORY CITY, Iowa - National Grain Bin Safety Week might make you think of getting trapped in flowing grain, but staying safe starts before that's even a possibility.Oftentimes...
To hear more from Ken's coverage of the Bayer CropScience Ag Issues Forum in Texas, click here.SAN ANTONIO, Texas - "Consumers don't understand, and Mother Nature doesn't care."That defines the challenges faced by agriculture today, as defined by speakers at the Bayer...
To hear Ken's coverage of USDA Chief Economist Joseph Glauber's 2014 agricultural forecast, click here.WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today increased its estimate of U.S. agricultural exports to $142.6 billion for fiscal year 2014, up $5.6 billion...
DES MOINES, Iowa and WASHINGTON - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship reports that propane prices this week have fallen by 27 cents to a statewide average of $2.81 per gallon. Even with a monster storm set to blast much of the state Thursday, the...
