By statute, it was only supposed to take 60 days for the EPA to decide on that bipartisan petition that 8 midwestern governors submitted asking for the EPA to allow them to use a provision in the Clean Air Act that would allow states to sell E15 all year round. But...
Every year, farmers are looking for more and more ways to cut down on input costs and increase their ROI. Eamon Flood, vice president of sales with Sound Ag, said they’re continuing their focus on optimizing synthetic fertilizer usage. Sound Ag’s main product, Source,...
On Tuesday the United States Department of Agriculture announced the finalization of Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The final rule goes into effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. United States...
As yet another federal funding deadline looms, the American Farm Bureau Federation encourages Congress to pass a series of funding bills this week. AFBF Government Affairs Director Emily Buckman said the minibus would avoid a partial shutdown. Buckman said a federal...
Farmers now have until March 15 to enroll in Farmers for Soil Health, a new cover crop cost share program that pays up to $50/acre over three years for new cover crop acres. Farmers who have planted cover crops previously are eligible for $2/acre. Current enrollment...
We are only in March and already seeing talk that the Farm Bill won’t be done this year. We still have almost seven full months to complete it, and many are already willing to write it off for another year. This means the Farm Bill would either expire or have to be...
Biden administration officials made the recent announcement that they would miss a self-imposed deadline of March 1 to complete modifications to the GREET model for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The model is important for determining eligibility for the Inflation...
Making healthy decisions for your soil can improve soil function in the long-term, but many farmers don’t have the data from those fields to make the most informed decisions possible. Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is inviting farmers who are invested in soil health...
Scattered rain is keeping concerns about dryness at bay for now in South America. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest weather patterns. However, McBride said those concerns about dryness will ramp up in the longer term. McBride said...
The Department of Agriculture Tuesday announced the finalization of Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The final rule will be effective 60 days following publication in the Federal Register. The final rule, Inclusive...
