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250+ food & ag groups call for greater transparency and public input in MAHA Commission
258 food and agriculture groups representing millions of American farmers, ranchers, producers, and manufacturers sent a letter calling on the Make America Healthy Again Commission to create greater transparency and public input in the commission’s activities. The groups raised concerns that the flawed representations about food and agriculture, as well as the poor evidence used to support those findings, could have been avoided if there had been greater opportunities for stakeholders to...
FSA helping farmers make changes to ARC/PLC coverage for 2021
Iowa farmers are encouraged to get their coverage plans in place for the 2021 growing season now that harvest is wrapped up. The 2018 Farm Bill gave producers the opportunity to enroll in either Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs for 2019 and...
HiBid.com gives you access to live auctions across the U.S. or across the street
It isn?t just the pandemic that has us changing the way we do things, but it is certainly hit the accelerator on our use of technology to be somewhere virtually. The ideas of an online marketplace or online bidding are nothing new, but we are seeing a new way of...
CoBank: 2021 Year Ahead Report on U.S. rural economy
The speed of the economic recovery will largely hinge on the availability, dissemination, and reach of COVID-19 vaccines, pushing a pent-up consumer demand to later in 2021. That is according to a comprehensive year-ahead outlook report just issued from CoBank?s...
President-elect Biden announces nomination for EPA Administrator
U.S. agriculture groups reacted to President-elect Joe Biden?s nomination of Michael Regan to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Regan most recently led the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.Howard ?A.V.? Roth, president of the National...
Grain futures gain momentum ahead of holidays
Grain markets typically quiet themselves, as we approach the Christmas holiday. However, we saw "quite a bit of interesting action" this week.Matt Bennett, founding partner of Ag Market, quickly admits: "The bean market struggled." However, matters turned around on...
AFBF hopes Congress passes more virus relief before Christmas
The Ag industry is seeking much-needed virus relief before Christmas.Reports on Friday indicated congressional leaders were scrambling to get a $900 billion relief deal finalized before the holidays. Andrew Walmsley with the American Farm Bureau Federation recently...
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Tractor sales begin year with more growth
Farm tractor sales began 2022 with continued growth that was seen last year.According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, U.S. total farm tractor sales gained 1.5 percent for the month of January compared to 2021. On the flip side, U.S. self-propelled...
Iowa corn producers need to be prepared for anything
Since I arrived in Iowa, I feel like I am always finding myself saying that the year prior was not normal. Every year it seems like when things can?t get any stranger, the good Lord says, ?you ain?t seen nothin? yet.? 2021 was another year for the record books. We saw...
Weekly soybean exports hit 2.89 MMT
The U.S. Export Sales Report on Thursday showed weekly exports came in mostly neutral for corn, soybeans and wheat.Jerry Gidel with Midland Research says total soybean sales reached 2.89 million metric tons, corn at 993,000 tons, and wheat came in at just over 134,000...
Closing Market Podcast 2-17-2022
Iowa land sales reach new peaks
Iowa saw a monumental jump in land sales and land prices over the last year, according to Farmers National Company.Increasing land prices coupled with more farms being sold created new peaks in real estate sales in Iowa during 2021 for Farmers National Company. Randy...
