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Grassley says Prop 12 should be addressed in the farm bill

Grassley says Prop 12 should be addressed in the farm bill

United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says that the 2025 farm bill should include provisions that override state-level animal welfare laws like California’s Prop 12. The law requires that pork products sold in the state meet specific housing conditions for animals raised in other states. He adds that other state-level laws such as Massachusetts’ Question 3, also need to be addressed by federal legislation. Grassley says that Congress has the authority to regulate interstate and foreign...

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Shrinking labor force poised to threaten U.S. economic growth

Shrinking labor force poised to threaten U.S. economic growth

Declining labor force participation, lower birth rates and a collapse in net migration are combining to squeeze the U.S. labor supply. The looming labor shortage could begin to weigh on businesses and strain economic growth as soon as later this year, according to a...

Iowa Eyes Below-Average Missouri River Runoff

Iowa Eyes Below-Average Missouri River Runoff

Despite a wetter year in parts of the region, the runoff in the Missouri River Basin remains below average. Years of drought have left a lasting impact, and the system has yet to recover fully. Iowa depends on the Missouri River to the west and the Mississippi River...

Markets decided to sell off in reaction to July WASDE

Markets decided to sell off in reaction to July WASDE

There were slight expectations that the USDA would adjust corn yields in this month’s WASDE report, but that did not end up happening. And while the report as a whole was still fundamentally friendly to the marketplace, the commodity prices did not like missing out on...

Iowa’s wet July fueling foliar disease concerns

Iowa’s wet July fueling foliar disease concerns

The state of Iowa continues to receive persistent rainfall which is leading to near ideal conditions for fungal diseases to flourish. John Long is a retail sales agronomist with Brevant seeds and he covers the southwest and west central portions of Iowa. He says that...

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