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Secretary Naig invites horticulture producers to join Choose Iowa
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Choose Iowa program is expanding to promote a vibrant array of Iowa grown horticultural products, such as Christmas trees, cut flowers, bedding plants, and ornamental trees and shrubs. Secretary Naig made the expansion announcement in conjunction with Iowa Horticulture Week (April 20-26) during a visit to Red Granite Farm near Boone. Red Granite Farm is a Choose Iowa member whose diverse operation includes over 300 varieties of...
Can ethanol industry handle another round of COVID-19?
The ethanol industry is starting to get its feet under itself. Of course, this is the second time that this has happened already in 2020. Earlier in the year, we were starting to see things start to look as though it would turn around for the industry. The tenth...
USDA reminding producers to complete Crop Acreage Reports
Producers who haven?t completed their crop acreage reports after spring planting should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office before the applicable deadline. July 15th is the major deadline for most crops, but acreage reporting...
Grains close lower, after “nice market”
Commodity prices gained momentum this week, following a bullish Planted Acreage report. Matt Bennett, of Ag Market, provides a brief recap, as well as predicts what lies on the horizon.Grain markets started "with a negative tone." However, matters quickly shifted,...
Japanese beetles emerging in western Iowa
A well-known pest of turfgrass and landscapes in the United States is making its presence known in parts of Iowa.Iowa State University Extension and Outreach agronomists have taken many reports of the Japanese beetle showing up in southwest Iowa crop fields. Aaron...
USDA: Not much change in topsoil moisture conditions
Changes were minimal in the national topsoil moisture condition ratings.According to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey, state topsoil moisture condition ratings reflect a continuing trend of dryness. ?Topsoil moisture numbers from USDA for the week ending June 28th...
WinField United agronomist talks mid-season nutrient management
The one nice thing about corn and soybeans is that they are oblivious to the world around them. They do not know if there are trade wars, global pandemics, their market value, or even how many of their cousins we already have sitting in storage. The only thing they do...
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AFBF: Carbon markets need to be fair for all producers
Roughly 200 world leaders are gathered in Glasgow Scotland for the COPS26 summit. Climate change is the topic at these meetings. World leaders are talking about committing to many carbon-reducing plans and targets to slow global warming from dangerous levels. All eyes...
Closing Market Podcast 11-2-2021
Pork producers facing challenging times ahead
Hog prices around the world have dropped as a recovery in production has outpaced rebounding demand. A Rabobank report says herd growth will slow in 2022 due to dropping prices, labor shortages, and cost inflation that will put pressure on production margins. These...
Grassley seeks meeting with Biden admin on biofuel policies
A group of U.S. senators are hopeful President Biden will soon meet with them to discuss biofuel policies.During his weekly conference call with farm reporters Tuesday morning, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said he would like to talk with the administration about the...
Midday Market Podcast – John Heinberg TFM 11-2-21
Corn and wheat are turning around this Tuesday. Soybeans are trying to hang on to some small gains. Today, Dustin Hoffmann asked John Heinberg of Total Farm marketing to peer into his crystal ball.
