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Status of Mexican cattle reentry into the U.S.
One of the biggest questions in animal agriculture is, when will cattle from Mexico once again be allowed across the southern U.S. border? In late February at Commodity Classic, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins stated that the border will not be reopened until the sterile fly facilities are able to ramp up production to battle New World Screwworm. Lee McGlamery, the co-owner of MP AgriLytics, says he doesn’t believe the border will re-open anytime soon. McGlamery says that when Mexican cattle...
Be prepared for anything in your marketing plan
After Friday?s explosion in grain prices, you might be feeling pretty good about your chances to increase some profit margins with this year?s crop. While we all know that no yield is official until it is in the bin, no price forecast is official until all the...
Reinstatement of grain indemnity fund assessment moved to September 1
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 2, 2023) ? As a result of Governor Reynolds signing House File 666 yesterday, the reinstatement of fees on grain sold to or deposited at Iowa-licensed grain dealers and warehouses as part of the Iowa Grain Depositors and Sellers Indemnity Fund...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-2-23)
This week?s export sales weren?t as negative as what we?ve been seeing recently. Overall, there are some pretty interesting things happening in the export markets. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest export numbers from the...
Protection from the sun is an important part of farm safety
Working in production agriculture means a lot of time in the sun during the growing season. In recent years, more farmers are taking into consideration the harmful effects of failing to protect themselves from the sun. Including the risks of skin cancer.Devon...
U.S. hog producers looking for higher prices in 2023
Market volatility is hitting livestock producers while their input costs have climbed. Bernt Nelson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said prices were much higher last year before dropping off in the first quarter of 2023.?The input costs,...
Secretary Naig talks Prop 12 ahead of World Pork Expo
Next week, the World Pork Expo will be held in Des Moines. As producers from across the country and around the world descend on the Iowa State Fairgrounds, California?s Prop 12 victory in the Supreme Court will likely be a hot topic over the three days.Iowa is the...
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Foreign U.S. farmland ownership grows, shrinks for China
Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland grew last year, according to a recent USDA report, but not for a key U.S. adversary. Foreign entities bought nearly 3-and-a-half million acres of U.S. farmland and forest in 2022, up more than eight percent to more than 43 million...
Growing opportunities in the field of precision agriculture
Precision agriculture, just like farming as a whole, has come a long way in recent years and will continue to develop quickly. And as the average U.S. citizen becomes further removed from the farm, modern farm technology might be surprising to a lot of people. Matt...
Ag economists’ 2024 expectations
Geopolitical factors, elections, and many other surprises await the agricultural economy in 2024. Farm Journal and Purdue University’s December Economists’ Monthly Monitor shows views slightly more optimistic than they were a month ago. The economists talked about...
Naig looks back at 2023 & ahead to 2024
It has become almost cliché to say that the year that is ending, has been a “strange one.” Ever since the Chinese Trade War, we have been saying that in agriculture. We were just fortunate to have the pandemic fall in 2020, and it gave us a reason to say that the...
Making “cents” of soil health practices
We all know that soil health practices make sense from a conservation perspective, but do they also make “cents” (or dollars) from a financial point of view? This will be one of many topics of discussion at the Practical Farmers of Iowa 2024 Annual Conference, which...
