Secretary Naig Names Grant Menkeas Deputy Secretary of AgricultureJulie Kenney to depart after nearly 5 years of dedicated serviceDES MOINES, Iowa (Dec. 19, 2022) ? Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that Julie Kenney will leave the Department for...
A cold Thursday night last week didn?t stop Iowa?s cattle industry leaders from gathering in Altoona for the Iowa Cattle Industry Leadership Summit. The event serves as a forum for industry leaders to gather and discuss a variety of topics, from government policy to...
While nearing the end of 2022, it is a good time to reflect on the past year and of course start to think about next year and the next growing season. It won?t be long until farmers are beginning to make plans for planting in 2023.The early life cycle of a corn or...
China has recently ended some of its most severe restrictions in a move away from the country?s ?Zero-COVID? policy. The moves should open new opportunities for U.S. red meat as restaurant and food retail eventually rebound. However, Joel Haggard, U.S. Meat Export...
Iowa State University?s annual Land Value Survey shows farmland values are averaging $11,411 an acre in 2022, a 17 percent rise from last year. ISU says farmers have a lot more cash on hand, and supply chain issues led to a shortage of equipment, so the money...
Animal health is a big issue for all livestock producers. Each animal comes with their own set of issues that they face. Poultry is currently dealing with HPAI, and hogs are looking at PRRS & staving off African Swine Fever. Cattle have their issues as well, including...
With the current lame duck session, the 2023 Farm Bill process has been put off until the new year. Will Stafford, CHS Washington representative, said the writing process should pick up again at the beginning of the year.Stafford said they likely won?t make any huge...
Recently, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the second round of project funding under USDA?s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program. Vilsack explained how the second round of funding is different from the first.?We realize that we needed to have smaller...
Despite economic disturbances, high crop prices are giving farmers around the world cause for cautious optimism, according to a new survey. Global consultancy McKinsey & Company this week released the results of its global survey of 5,500 farmers from nine countries....
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its National Broadband Map. Emily Buckman, Director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the new map shows location-specific information about the availability of broadband...
