Sometimes it feels like when it comes to seeds, we make our purchases, and get the seeds delivered to the farm, and then we don?t hear from our dealer or the company until the next time we have to buy seeds. It isn?t that it is a bad thing, it is just how business is...
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley joined Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Maggie Hassan to introduce the Combating Illicit Xylazine (zy-la-zeen) Act last week. Grassley of Iowa sits on the Senate Ag Committee and joins the effort to crack down on the...
Egg farmers across America are teaming up to feed families ahead of spring celebrations as part of a nationwide initiative led by the American Egg Board called Fighting Hunger by the Dozens. Versova is one of more than 20 farms participating in the initiative, which...
Planting time is quickly arriving, and farmers are prepping their equipment and planning for the day that they will get their planters into the field.Derek Whalen a Channel technical agronomist says that one of the biggest lessons learned in growing season 2022 is...
Valued at 197.1 million dollars in 2022, Easter ham sales have increased each of the last three years and are poised to overtake Christmas sales. Neal Hull, director of domestic market development with the National Pork Board, said that, as family gatherings are on...
We know that for the past year or so, interest rates have been on the rise. Inflation is growing, and recession is happening or is possibly going to happen, depending on your political ideology and which economists you want to believe. The main takeaway is that no...
The National Corn Growers Association president and 18 state groups call on the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure uninterrupted access to E15 through the summer. In a letter to the EPA Tuesday, the industry leaders say, "Fuel market conditions that warranted...
Most of Brazil will see rain soon as the weather continues to look favorable there. However, things are still poor in Argentina. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of the latest weather patterns in South America.McBride said harvest and...
The global supply chain saw many disruptions in the last few years from the Covid pandemic, to raw material shortages, and a lack of labor. Nick Farfsing a marketing director with Fendt says that the supply chain disruptions of the past few years have made it...
The Senate recently followed action by the House of Representatives, approving a resolution to repeal the new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. Courtney Briggs, American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Government Affairs Director, said the action highlights how...
