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Lawmakers eyeing war funding package for more farm aid
President Donald Trump will seek a funding package for the war unfolding in Iran, and Republican lawmakers are debating whether to attach wildfire aid and $15 billion in tariff relief for farmers to the package. Four sources told E&E News that senior GOP congressional aides stressed that no decision had been made yet. Sources said House Republicans are particularly cautious about the idea of a package growing too large. Meantime, Bloomberg said that Senate Republicans are feeling rising...
FMC unveiling new Adastrio? fungicide for 2023
We know that crop diseases are always bringing their A-game when we do battle in the fields each year. Many of these yield-robbing diseases are also good at adapting or evading our tools altogether. We must have companies that adapt their technology to keep our crops...
BASF helps farmers finance their product choices
One of the biggest parts of selecting what products to use during a crop year is the financial commitment. Farmers want to know that they will get a good return on investment before they even think about using a specific line of products. Matt Malone, BASF senior...
2022 Iowa legislative session provided positive results for soybean farmers
Michael Dolch, director of public affairs with the Iowa Soybean Association, says that the 2022 Iowa legislative session yielded some very positive results for both Iowa soybean farmers and soy advocates.Dolch says that one area of policy that yielded positive results...
Omnibus bill included pesticide registration improvement act
The recently-passed omnibus spending legislation contained the reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, something important to CropLife America. The organization says it will strengthen and improve the Environmental Protection Agency?s pesticide...
U.S. beef exports set record in 2022 while pork rebounded
America?s beef exports will set a record in 2022 as sales totals are expected to reach $12 billion when all shipments are tallied. While demand growth in China played a significant part, U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom said the U.S. beef...
LG Seeds agronomist talks 2023 preparations
In the state of Iowa, Mother Nature gave us an interesting year. You either saw the right amount of rain, more rain than you needed, or you looked at pictures of rain because that was all you had. No matter what we dealt with, that means we will have crop protection...
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Drones becoming increasingly prominent in agriculture
It's always amazing to see who stops by the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network tent at the Iowa State Fair. One of them is Paul Merdy, a high schooler from the Conrad area where he and a friend started Merst Precision Application, a drone custom spraying and application...
Grassley says dispute settlement panel with Mexico necessary
The dispute between the United States and Mexico over genetically modified corn has reached the next stage of the formal process to resolve issues between trade partners.Last Thursday the United States Trade Representative’s office formally requested a dispute...
ISF vendors donate 12,000 pounds of leftover food to food banks
Sixteen Iowa State Fair vendors have donated 12,113 pounds of unused food to Food Bank of Iowa at the close of this year’s fair. That’s nearly 5,000 pounds more than last year!Among the food collected by FBOI staff and volunteers on Aug. 21, some was delivered...
Representative Nunn responds to concerns with EATS Act
Before the Iowa State Fair, we talked with the Organization for Competitive Markets about concerns they were sharing with the EATS Act. This has caused some producers and organizations to fire back that these claims are being made by groups led or influenced by...
Dominican Republic opens to Brazilian pork and beef
Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock recently announced that the Dominican Republic has granted access for imports of Brazilian pork and beef. Three Brazilian plants in the states of Acre, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul have reportedly been approved to...
