It feels like farming is becoming like predicting the weather. We are trying to figure out weather patterns, marketing for prices that will be doing only God knows what in nine months, and trying to figure out what it is going to cost to grow that crop each year.With...
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing on the proposed Renewable Fuel Standards rule for 2023, 2024, and 2025. While the ethanol numbers provided relief to the renewable fuels industry, the biodiesel volumes were disappointing news....
The American Farm Bureau Federation wrapped up its annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, setting policy objectives the organization wants to see accomplished in 2023. Sam Kieffer, AFBF Vice President of Public Policy, says the next farm bill was one of the top...
The 2023 Land Investment Expo was held in Des Moines on Tuesday at the Iowa Events Center. The expo is considered the nation?s premier land conference and is held annually in Iowa?s capital city. Eric O?Keefe is the founding editor of The Land Report magazine which...
It?s that time of year when farmers are making their selections for which program they are going to use to keep their operations protected for the 2023 growing season. The Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs are the two key...
DES MOINES, Iowa (Jan. 10, 2023) ? Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that Growmark FS and Kwik Trip | Kwik Star are the winners of the 2023 Renewable Fuels Marketing Awards. The awards were created to recognize fuel marketers that have gone above...
The immediate forecast for Argentina is still dry, but more extended forecasts show some moisture finally returning to the area. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather patterns for Brazil and Argentina.McBride said this rain...
The Peoples? Company Land Investment Expo took place in Des Moines this week at the Iowa Events Center. The land conference features ag professionals and business leaders as they discuss the trends in land investment and management.Eric Geiger, a land manager with...
A recent trip to the European Union allowed those in the pork industry to see firsthand how the U.S. industry can continue to prevent and prepare for a foreign animal disease outbreak. Dr. Dustin Oedekoven, chief veterinarian for the National Pork Board, along with...
United Auto Workers at Case New Holland Plants in Burlington, Iowa, and Racine, Wisconsin, voted down a contract proposal on Saturday night that would have ended a strike. The president of UAW Local 807 says 45 percent voted yes, and 55 percent voted no to the offer....
