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Applications now open for the 2026 ASA – Corteva Agriscience Young Leader Program
If you are passionate about farming, ready to connect with agricultural industry leaders and grow your leadership skills, the Young Leader Program is for you! Program sponsors American Soybean Association and Corteva are seeking farmers to apply for the 2026 ASA Corteva Agriscience Young Leader Program. Phase I of the 2025-26 Young Leader program will take place Dec. 1-4 at Corteva’s Global Business Center in Johnston, Iowa. It continues Feb. 24-Feb. 27, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas, in...
Lawmakers ask Biden to help hog farmers
Seventy lawmakers joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Reps. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) in letters asking the administration to stop a recent court order from harming U.S. hog farmers. The letters call on Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and...
New $325M beef processing facility coming to western Iowa
A $325 million beef processing facility will be constructed in Mills County, Iowa.Cattlemen?s Heritage ? a newly formed corporation ? announced plans Friday morning to construct a 1,500-head-per-day beef processing facility north of Glenwood along the Interstate 29...
ISU Extension to hold hail meetings next week
What a difference a week can make. At the beginning of this week, most of Iowa was praying for rain. We had recently received a few tenths up to two inches around the state. By today, there are parts of the state wishing that the rain would stop for a while. A few...
U.S. hog inventory down 2 percent
The USDA?s quarterly hogs and pigs report Thursday afternoon shows a 2 percent drop in inventory year-to-year.As of June 1st, there were 75.7 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 2 percent from June 2020 but up 1 percent from March 1st of this year. USDA...
Senate passes bipartisan bill to help Iowa farmers join carbon credit markets
The U.S. Senate today passed legislation backed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that will allow Iowa farmers to capitalize on conservation practices and actions that combat climate change. The legislation, the Growing Climate Solutions Act, was introduced in April and...
Grassley questions witnesses at Senate cattle market hearing
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley questioned witnesses at a Wednesday Senate Ag Committee hearing that examined transparency concerns in the cattle industry.Grassley ? who has repeatedly said that cattle producers in Iowa are frustrated over the price disparity between live...
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Dairy leader wants more congressional focus on trade
Sheryl Meshke (MESH-key), CEO of Associated Milk Producers Incorporated, told a Senate subcommittee that the government must pursue expanded trade opportunities. The U.S. dairy industry is asking Congress to pursue additional market access opportunities and address...
IPPA & Iowa pork producers are poised to lead the future
With World Pork Expo last week, many producers from across the globe were in Iowa to talk about the latest technology, policy, and trade situations. It was also a chance for groups to talk together with their counterparts around the country and internationally.One of...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-9-22)
This week?s U.S. Export Sales Report was neutral overall, but still contained some interesting surprises. One of the biggest surprises was the continuation of old crop sales, which isn?t something we usually see at this time of year. Allendale commodity broker Greg...
Weekend Ag Matters 6-11-22
This is our World Pork Expo edition of Weekend Ag Matters. Riley talks with Boehringer Ingelheim.Dustin chats with NPPC CEO Bryan Humphries
New trade data shows U.S ag exports higher in 2022
The first quarter 2022 trade data was released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau and with that many people don?t quite know what to expect. From inflation to the war between Ukraine and Russia the exports in the U.S. have both dropped and flourished in other areas...
