We talk at length about animal diseases, both foreign and domestic. We know that diligence and preparation are the most effective tools we have in our toolbox. Having the right tools to help us be prepared is essential. That is why the National Pork Board is...
The Senior Director for International Trade and Market Access for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Kent Bacus, says the recent loss of Japan?s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a great loss to the world. Bacus said the willingness of Prime Minister Abe to...
Just when you think that the Government or one of its many agencies cannot make you shake your head anymore, the EPA basically tells us to hold their beverage and watch this.Usually, when the EPA grants registration to a product, the matter is closed until the next...
When we talked with Corteva?s Roger Theisen, last year, we got to hear about Plenish? soybeans and the oil products they can create from those beans. However, the major hurdle was growing the marketplace and the infrastructure to make it pay for farmers. Now, a year...
Farmers and ag economists told the House Agriculture Committee that excessive FSA loan requirements, discrimination, and worsening economic problems are all making it harder to get into and stay in farming. Illinois farmer Adam Brown struggled despite FSA and Farm...
Republican lawmakers demand the Biden administration waive import duties on fertilizer from Morocco and Trinidad and Tobago. The Biden administration has placed duties on fertilizer imports of phosphate fertilizer products from Morocco and is working on new duties on...
At this time of year, we are finally entering one of the most crucial points of the growing season: pollination. However, this is also the time of year where weather and pests start to become even more of an issue. Channel Technical Agronomist Lauren Botine said that...
Times are challenging for beef cattle producers this year. Producers are finding themselves trapped a challenging environment with various headwinds impacting not only production, but profitability too.Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market...
As U.S. pork producers are continuing to advance and improve their operational efficiencies and production practices, the proof is right there in the latest Pork Checkoff-funded Productivity Analysis Report.Director of animal science for the National Pork Board, Dr....
Clean Fuels Alliance America wrote to President Joe Biden Wednesday and other administration officials to highlight the biodiesel and renewable diesel industry?s contribution to job growth. The letter asks the administration to support tax policy that encourages...
