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Terrain report urges marketing adaptability in 2025
Farmers are facing a season in which margins could be razor-thin, leaving little room for error. With input costs high and commodity prices uncertain, 2025 is shaping up to be a year that rewards those who plan ahead. The best strategy in this kind of environment is a proactive one, and that starts with having the most accurate, up-to-date information at your fingertips. The latest Terrain report, Fields to Futures: What Producers Need to Know for 2025/26, offers a detailed outlook to help...
Senator Grassley calls for more oversight of farm program payments
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has been a loud advocate for accountability in payments that are issued as part of farm programs. During the last Farm Bill negotiation, Grassley was the only dissenting vote on approving their draft of a Farm Bill the Senate Ag Committee...
Bipartisan aid package pitched in Congress
A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced a proposed coronavirus aid package that would cost $908 billion overall and would contain $26 billion for nutrition and agriculture. The proposal is less than 50 percent of a White House proposal issued before the election. It...
Acuron corn herbicide flaunts output based results
"Two-thousand-nineteen was a challenging year, due to weather extremes," notes a crop protection specialist. This year, despite its challenges, presented more favorable weather conditions, assisting farmers in their fight against tough weeds.Syngenta launched a new...
Changes announced for 2021 Iowa Pork Congress
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered plans for the 2021 Iowa Pork Congress. According to Iowa Pork Producers Association communications director Dal Grooms, the IPPA Board of Directors have decided to cancel the Iowa Pork Congress trade show, which would have been...
USMEF focused on moving pork loins to Mexico
The US Meat Export Federation has a variety of ongoing promotional activities in Mexico and Central America. Heading into 2021, USMEF has a large focus on moving more pork loins to Mexico. We hear more on this effort from Gerardo Rodriguez, USMEF?s Director of...
Growth Energy notifies EPA of ?intent to file suit? over lack of RVO
I feel like I am becoming a broken record when it comes to talking about the hurdles that the biofuels industry has had to leap over these past few years. We all know that 2020 was supposed to be their year to shine. 2020 was a year that nobody anticipated, but let?s...
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FCSAmerica pays $296.5M in cash-back dividends
AUDIO REPORT: Jim Knuth, FCSAmerica and Cash-Back DividendsFarm Credit Services of America is returning more than $296.5 million of its 2021 net income to farmers and ranchers in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.Jim Knuth, Senior Vice President of FCSAmerica,...
Corteva?s Carbon Calculator helps farmers implement a sequestration plan
Carbon programs are coming at you from every possible direction. While the goal of carbon sequestration is admirable, the devil is always in the details. What is it going to cost your operation to implement the plan? What is your return on investment? These are just a...
Catching up with Iowa Cattlemen at NCBA in Houston
The Iowa Cattlemen?s Association sent several representatives to Houston, Texas last week for the 2022 NCBA Convention.Bob Noble, president of the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association, tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network that ICA had a strong contingent in Houston...
UK and U.S. looking to restart trade negotiations
The U.S. and the United Kingdom have paused their discussions on a new trade deal, but officials in both countries want those talks to pick back up.UK Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce was in attendance at the Cattle Industry Convention in Houston this week, where she said...
Closing Market Podcast 2-7-2022
