The last few years have been a challenge in the western parts of Iowa. Flooding and drought highlighted some of the blows Mother Nature has landed as of late. The droughts have been hanging around for a few years now, and many people in the area hardly remember what...
Leadership of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees will likely be the same in the next Congress. Who controls the majority in the House, along with the Senate, will have a significant say in the 2023 Farm Bill process. Ranking Republican Glenn GT Thompson was...
The markets were considering the fact that the USDA might make some changes to their estimates in the November WASDE, but it looks like they?re going to hold off for a little while longer yet. As a result, the grain prices didn?t have much of a reason to move today....
New technology is constantly coming out for farmers to use, but sometimes it?s difficult for them to get their hands on all of those products. Fortunately, Cyber November provides an opportunity for them to do just that and focus on minimizing their input costs....
You aren?t imagining things. 2022 has been a turbulent year for farmers trying to navigate high input costs. World events, supply chain disruptions, and extreme weather have led to everything from input shortages to high costs.Earlier this month at the Syngenta crop...
Even though many of the economies of the world are struggling through some tough times due to inflation and even the possibility of a recession, we still have seen a shift in how the economies of the world have developed. Before the coronavirus and the economic...
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa is requesting an update on the Biden administration?s efforts to implement the Seeding Rural Resilience Act. Grassley sent the request to the Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services this week. The 2020...
Rain is spread out across several forecasts for South America. This is welcomed in most areas, as they?ve been seeing some fairly dry conditions as of late. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a look at the weather patterns for Brazil and...
Midterm elections are taking place today, which means that the political scene for the near future is going to see some changes. That?s why getting out and voting is so incredibly important. The U.S. government has been working on the 2023 Farm Bill for a while now,...
Sustainability in agriculture is something that all farmers strive for in one way or another. Every farmer would like to plant and grow crops on their land during the next growing season as well. Farmers cannot afford to only focus on the here and now.All farmers...
