Secretary Naig reminds farmers to apply for the $5 per acre discount on spring crop insurance premiumsDES MOINES, Iowa (Jan. 3, 2023) ? Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig reminds farmers and landowners who planted cover crops this past fall to apply for the...
A new year and a new Congress bring new challenges for the ethanol industry, especially when it comes to making significant progress. Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper said that, unfortunately, he doesn?t see things changing too much with a...
It?s a new year, but we?re still seeing the same issues down in South America. Argentina still doesn?t have an adequate amount of rain. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather patterns for Brazil and Argentina.At this point,...
With input costs high and the constant threat of weather events, it is important to make the right decisions with regards to crop insurance.At the Farmers Business Network?s - Farmer 2 Farmer conference in early December Eric Sorensen, FBN director of crop insurance,...
When we are faced with high input costs and market prices that are lowering, farmers cannot be waiting months to get a check or rebate to save money for buying a product today. Rebates are a great way to get farmers to look at your products, but they don?t see the...
President Biden signed the omnibus spending package into law that diverts a government shutdown and keeps it running until September 30, 2023. The bill with more than 4,000 pages contains many notable items important to U.S. farmers and ranchers. The bill includes...
Arguably the most important- and sometimes the most difficult- part of starting to farm is making connections with other people in the ag industry and getting your foot in the door. There?s no better way to gain more farming knowledge, especially when talking with...
Larger U.S. pork production in 2023 will generate new opportunities for export growth. U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom expects a modest increase in U.S. pork production in 2023, as this is a time where pork production in the European...
After the November midterm elections, we now know who will be working on the farm bill in 2023. That is the easy part. The next question is, will a farm bill be completed in the new year? Here is Ken Barbic, vice president and head of policy and global government...
We have officially flipped the calendar. Well, maybe not flipped it so much as tore the old one off the wall and put up the new one. 2023 is here, and even though one day doesn?t make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things, it is a figurative cleaning of the...
