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Farmers expressing more concerns about Trump’s tariffs
Farmers and other businesspeople are watching the Trump administration's trade strategy very carefully as tariffs, which could directly affect their bottom line, go up and down and back again. Brian Kuehl is Executive Director of Farmers for Free Trade and is holding town hall meetings across the country to discuss the tariff war and its impacts. He said he's especially concerned about how these tariffs will affect farmers in the long run. Farmers are getting squeezed by these tariffs already,...
U.S. and Mexico keep organic trade open
Mexico last week agreed to extend the deadline for U.S. organic exports to be certified to its Organic Products Law. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with his counterpart, and they agreed to extend the compliance deadline to December 31, 2021. Through 2021,...
Feeding Iowans Task Force reveals pandemic?s impact on food insecurity
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg on Wednesday revealed food insecurity findings from the Feeding Iowans Task Force.During a press conference at the Food Bank of Iowa, Reynolds said the 34-page report from the task force shows the number of...
ISA believes agriculture can lead the way on climate issues
The Iowa Soybean Association is urging the administration to act innovatively and deliberately on how agriculture can help lead the way on climate and conservation issues.ISA President Jeff Jorgenson says the state?s soybean farmers have been incorporating...
?We?re doing things to leave the Earth better than yesterday.?
Farming isn?t just about doing things a certain way. It is doing what you feel is right in your gut. Many farmers feel a responsibility to the land and to the heritage of the family operation. The ones that get recognized for doing great things are generally humble....
Weekly corn exports neutral, old crop cancellations a concern
Weekly corn exports were just under two million metric tons Thursday morning, however old crop sales were highlighted by net cancellations which is concerning to market analysts.Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride says the U.S. Export Sales Report showed old crop...
April 2021 farm tractor sales grow over already large 2020 gains
U.S. farm tractor unit sales continue double-digit growth rate in both the U.S. and Canada, and inventories continue to fall, after a strong month of April. U.S. total farm tractor sales rose 22.7 percent in April compared to 2020, which was the first month of the...
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Biden nominates Iowa native for USDA Undersecretary of Trade of Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Today President Biden nominated Iowa native Alexis Taylor for the role of Under Secretary of Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at USDA. Currently the director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Taylor previously worked on trade issues at USDA and on...
Wheat in the driver?s seat in grain trade
Many times, all it takes is one commodity to have an influence, that causes them to fly in one direction or another and take everybody along for the ride. Even though it is a sleeper commodity in Iowa, wheat is the one that is doing it today. We have gotten news that...
Opening Market Podcast – Greg McBride Allendale 5-16-22
Wheat is driving the markets as India reigns in exports & Russia is exporting 3x the normal amount of wheat. Greg McBride of Allendale doesn't want to be the one that comes out and say it, a Ukrainian farmer was more than happy to tell us what was happening two months...
Weekend Ag Matters 5-14-22
U.S. Export Sales Report (5-12-22)
This week?s report was very bearish. The value of the U.S. dollar is still climbing, so analysts were hoping to see some better sales. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride said there were marketing year lows for wheat, corn, beans, and cotton.McBride added that...
