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Strong U.S. corn exports continue
Another month-over-month increase is forecasted for our nation's corn exports, according to USDA's latest outlook. World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski discusses the export numbers for the nation’s record corn crop. Jekanowski says one impact from the report is lower ending stocks in the U.S. balance sheet. He expands on the global trade numbers and the effect of U.S. corn exports on the data. That was World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski.
Growers frustrated with EPA regarding pesticide impacts
American farmers are again at odds with the Environmental Protection Agency over the Endangered Species Act. The final EPA biological evaluations of neonicotinoids (Nee-oh-ni-KOH-ti-noids) and their impacts on endangered species are overly conservative and don?t use...
Senator Grassley gives updates on Ag issues
There are a lot of bills moving through both chambers of Congress. Many of these will impact agriculture either directly or indirectly. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley held his weekly press call with Ag media on Monday, and he gave us updates on where several issues now...
Iowa?s Region 3 crop update
As most of us know, the weather this season has taken us for a whirlwind. We have gone through major storms, high winds, heavy amounts of rain, and too little amounts of rain. But how has this affected the crops in certain parts of the state?Iowa State University...
Bill would ban hostile countries from purchasing U.S. farmland
There has been much concern that American farmland is being bought up by countries who are either hostile to the U.S. or trying to beat us economically, such as China. A new amendment has been introduced that would ban China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea from owning...
FBN releases 2022 U.S. Acreage Report
The global farmer-to-farmer network and AgTech platform, today announced that its 2022 US Acreage Report found that despite some weather-related planting delays in the Northern Plains, increased acreage in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio likely helped push the corn...
What does it take for USMEF to establish a foreign market?
During World Pork Expo, it was no secret that international trading was a concern. We came off a strong year in 2021, and numbers this year are so far lower. However, that is not dampening the spirits of those close to the pulse of our trade markets.Dan Halstrom is...
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Spring is here, but the weather won?t change instantly
Not much has changed in the drought monitor over the past week. Spring may have officially sprung, but that doesn't mean the weather is going to instantaneously change. However, even with little change, we are still trending in the right direction. Iowa State...
Input prices are lower as planting season nears
Last spring fertilizer and chemical prices were high almost across the board. This year prices are in a much different spot says FBN chief economist Kevin McNew.Global tensions have calmed down some since last spring and that has made fertilizer prices more affordable...
U.S. pork still seeing strong momentum in Dominican Republic
U.S. pork exports to the Dominican Republic reached new heights last year and haven?t missed a beat in 2023. January exports climbed 28% year-over-year to more than 8,000 metric tons, while export value jumped 67% to nearly $24 million. Lucia Ruano, U.S. Meat Export...
Organizations want congress to pass TPA
America?s top food and ag organizations representing thousands of farmers, ranchers, producers, and workers sent a letter to Congress urging action to improve ag exports. More than 50 of the most influential food and ag groups urged Congress to pass Trade Promotion...
USB wisely investing Checkoff dollars to drive demand Part 3: Optimism
The United Soybean Board manages the soy checkoff and has been working hard to invest those checkoff dollars into more research to help generate more demand, both internationally and domestically. We continue our talk with Mack Marshall from the United Soybean Board...
