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Midwest Dairy report shows demand growth
Midwest Dairy’s newly released 2025 Annual Report gives farmers a detailed look at how their checkoff dollars were invested across the ten-state region, with a focus on growing dairy demand, strengthening consumer trust, and supporting future industry leadership. Built around the theme “Make Every Drop Count,” the report outlines measurable results in consumer outreach, retail sales activations, research investments, and leadership development. Midwest Dairy Board Chair Charles Krause says the...
Clean fuels, RFS stakeholders send letter to President Biden
Clean Fuels Alliance America and 75 industry stakeholders delivered a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday. The letter urges the president to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency substantially increases the biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels...
USDA’s Alexis Taylor leading ag trade mission to Japan
USDA Undersecretary for Trade and native Iowan Alexis Taylor is leading an agriculture trade mission to Japan this week as one way to boost farm exports, amid the president?s continued reluctance to do free trade deals.Taylor is leading officials from state...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-8-23)
Not a ton of news from this week?s export sales report, but that?s to be expected, especially with tomorrow's WASDE. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of the latest U.S. Export Sales Report.Flash sales were also quiet this week, but again,...
Boehringer Ingelheim introduces new oral gel vaccine for Lawsonia and Salmonella
As swine producers continue to face labor challenges, they need to find ways to make their jobs easier and more efficient. Recognizing this issue, Boehringer Ingelheim is introducing a new oral gel administration method for its Lawsonia and Salmonella vaccines. Dr....
Northeast Iowa water quality project advances toward next phase
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that a successful Water Quality Initiative (WQI) demonstration project in northeast Iowa is expanding into a new phase, with a specific focus on edge-of-field conservation practices.Previous WQI projects in the...
ASF prevention must be maintained
At the World Pork Expo, we are talking to many people about the pork industry. While Prop 12 and the market climate are very much top of mind, many organizations are reminding producers that we cannot take our foot off the gas in foreign animal disease prevention. The...
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Battle between electric vehicles and ethanol will heat up in 2024
This year will likely be full of competition between electric vehicles (EVs) and ethanol-powered hybrids as the ethanol industry makes a play for a share of the carbon-reducing vehicle market and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moves to finalize tough new...
State pesticide labeling reform a debate for next farm bill
As lawmakers once again prepare to begin work on a new farm bill in 2024, farm bill priorities are being voiced by all parties. One area of the ag sector which could be a candidate for reform in the new farm bill could be the pesticide labeling process. The EPA is...
December rural mainstreet index sank
Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral for a fourth-straight month in December. Based on a survey of bank CEOs in a ten-state region, the index rose to 41.7 from November’s 40.4. That’s still lower than October’s 44.4. The index ranges...
Just when you think the government couldn’t get more absurd
When you're facing crippling federal debt with a government that has no problem spending your money, your kids’ money, and the money of the next three generations, it is no surprise that they are finding new and inventive ways to keep sticking their hands further into...
Sustainability and profitability go hand in hand
Farmers are always looking to be sustainable, which itself is usually a way to increase profitability. But now there are other ways, like carbon market programs, that can provide extra revenue to those sustainable practices. Travis Kraft, national sales director of...
