Image courtesy: Iowa State University.Right-click on audio player below to download audio.On March 1, the Iowa Department of Agriculture ended its requirement that all milk arriving at Iowa milk processors be tested for aflatoxin. The requirement went into effect on...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Consumer demand for beef is down, but prices continue to rise. Economic growth is sluggish, and shoppers are turning to lower-priced beef products like ground beef to round out meals. Iowa Cattlemen's Association...
Right-click on audio players below to download audio.The announcement on February 11 that Russia had begun banning all US meat imports over concerns about the leanness additive ractopamine came as a blow after record-breaking pork exports in 2012. According to the US...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.With the March 1 sequester imminent, producers and agribusinesses are left wondering what possible effects federal budget cuts might have on the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says...
Right-click on audio players below to download audio.Ever since the first Passover, roast lamb has been a traditional Easter meal. Normally the sheep industry picks up in terms of numbers in the early spring, but this year, sheep and goat buyer Maynard Thompson...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.In 2014, the patent on the Roundup Ready soybean trait will expire. But that doesn't mean producers can begin saving seed to replant. DuPont Pioneer forecasts confusion over intellectual property rights to become...
Right-click on audio player below to download audio.Winter brought months of concern that the Mississippi might shut down, affecting nearly $3 billion in commodities. An oil spill in late January only fueled fears of a shutdown, and barges ran with light loads to...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audioLouisiana Senator David Vitter and Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker introduced legislation February 14 rolling back two EPA waivers allowing the sale of E15. What the renewable fuels industry hailed as a milestone...
Right-click on the audio players below to download audio.Nationally, the biodiesel industry expects to ramp up production significantly by 2022, with the added effect of doubling the output of Iowa's biodiesel plants. Iowa Biodiesel Board Executive Director Randy...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.With the recent announcement that the United States Postal Service will scale back its Saturday deliveries to exclude letter and flat mail (including magazines and newspapers) while retaining package delivery,...
