The Christmas tree industry wants Americans to know there will be enough trees available to meet the demand for real Christmas trees. Marsha Gray, executive director of the Real Christmas Tree Board, says,? The industry met the demand in 2021 and will do so again this...
The Environmental Protection Agency released the long-awaited Renewable Fuel Standard blending requirements for 2023-2025. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor said she welcomes the move.?We're grateful to President Biden and EPA Administrator Reagan for keeping clean energy...
This past summer, Pivot Bio sent out a team of agronomists to visit with growers across over 30 different states to compare the efficacy of their products with other competitors. Pivot Bio Agronomy Scientist Clayton Nevins said they were very pleased with the results...
The Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act mandates the Pork Checkoff. It requires a promotion fee to be collected any time a hog is sold. The rate had been 40 cents per hundred dollars, but a vote earlier this year reduced that rate to 35 cents per...
Farmers have to deal with many unknowns when they put in the crop each year. That is why they purchase crop insurance and take advantage of programs from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help them in times of need. The Federal Government has...
Fertilizer consumption suffered in 2022 due to market volatility and record-high prices. However, a new Rabobank report says a recovery in consumption is possible in some regions next year, with fertilizer prices lowering and commodity prices at historically high...
The weather in Brazil is still looking good, and the weather in Argentina is still dry. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather patterns down in South America.McBride said that the stellar weather in Brazil could produce a...
As more of a biopharma company, Merck Animal Health is always focused on the wellbeing of livestock. Recently, Merck has taken that goal even further by placing a greater emphasis on creating new technologies that can detect illnesses in advance and allow farmers to...
Labor shortages have been a critical issue in the agriculture sector in recent years.On his weekly conference call on Tuesday, Iowa U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley was asked about the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. The act has passed the House of Representatives twice...
In response to relatively stronger net farm incomes, U.S. farm sector capital expenditures have increased dramatically in the last three years, according to research by the University of Illinois. In 2019, farm sector capital expenditures were approximately $30.1...
