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Rural America helping to power AI innovation
Rural America is becoming the home of more data centers to power artificial intelligence. Jeff Johnston, Lead Economist for Infrastructure with CoBank, says the rural areas of the United States are helping to lead the charge forward for AI technology. Johnston says that the stakes are high as major technology companies are spending a lot of money to establish data centers. AI developments go hand in hand with the effort to close the broadband gap in rural America. For both initiatives to be...
GROWMARK announces distribution center project
GROWMARK is developing a new large-scale distribution center. GROWMARK and Castlen Enterprises have announced significant progress on a project that will bring a new warehouse distribution center in Owensboro, Kentucky. Rick Sompel is the director of facility...
Firestone Ag unveils new Maxi-TRI X? agriculture tracks
As tracks become more and more popular on agricultural equipment, it is becoming a larger race to design the best tracks for producers to put on their equipment. Firestone Ag is proud to be keeping up their tradition of supplying great products for farmers to use on...
Coalition asks Tai to consider rejoining Pacific trade group
A bipartisan coalition of House and Senate members sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The letter points out that President Trump?s decision to withdraw from the agreement was wrong and asks her to investigate...
Argentina considering export tax hike
There continues to be talk that Argentina is considering an export tariff, which would likely mean less corn and soybeans available from the country to the rest of the world. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride says the Argentine government is looking to limit...
Grain markets continue rally amid poor exports
The grain markets continued their strong rally on Friday even after a bearish export sales report on Thursday.Bill Moore is a senior account executive and author of The AgMaster Report for Price Futures Group. He tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network that...
U.S. drought coverage approaching record levels
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says drought coverage across the U.S. continues to approach record levels.The U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday showed expansion of D1 Moderate Drought from northern Iowa down into central Iowa. Northwest Iowa continues to be the...
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Midday Market Podcast- John Heinberg TFM- 5-12-22
Today's WASDE report was rather uneventful for corn and soybeans, but it has caused wheat prices to shoot upwards. Riley Smith talks with John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing.
Even with good prices the deck is stacked against farmers
We know prices have been good. The numbers don?t lie, and if you have a crop to sell, you are sitting pretty, right? Right?We would like to think that, and for the most part, there is still money being made, but the profit margins aren?t as high as we would like them...
AFBF disappointed in first WOTUS roundtable
The Environmental Protection Agency?s first WOTUS roundtable Monday didn?t address farmers need for clear rules, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Courtney Briggs, AFBF senior director of government affairs, said the first roundtable lacked diversity...
Roadway safety considerations for farm equipment operators
Warmer temperatures and drier conditions are in the forecast and farmers will soon be in the fields in full-force. That means more equipment will be on the roadways in the coming days.Moving farm equipment on public roads can be a dangerous activity. Farm operators...
Opening Market Podcast- Jim McCormick AgMarketNet- 5-11-22
Planting progress is still struggling, and that is reflected in the corn and soybean prices right now. Riley Smith talks with Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net.
