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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...
Pork producers highlight sustainability on Earth Day
If you ask any Iowa hog producers about their operations and sustainability, they will gladly tell you what they are working on to be good stewards of the environment. Today is Earth Day, and the National Pork Board and the Pork Checkoff say that sustainability is not...
Iowa House sets broadband funding level
Iowa lawmakers have reached an agreement on state funding to improve broadband access.The Iowa House this week approved the budget for several departments, which included a $100 million appropriation for the Empower Rural Iowa Broadband Grant Fund. Back in January,...
USDA expands and renews Conservation Reserve Program
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack just announced that USDA will open enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) with higher payment rates, new incentives, and a more targeted focus on the program?s role in climate change mitigation. Additionally, USDA is...
Benefits of using E15 in your vehicles
Sales of E15 gasoline have grown significantly over the last year, and the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association is touting the blend?s benefits.IRFA Executive Director Monte Shaw recently told the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network that they are often asked the question,...
Grassley, Ernst join bipartisan effort to help Iowa farmers enter carbon credit markets
Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are backing a bill that would help break down barriers for farmers looking to participate in carbon credit markets and adopt climate-smart conservation practices.Grassley and Ernst ? alongside a bipartisan group of...
RMA reminds farmers of April 29th insurance adjustment election deadline
The USDA?s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is reminding Iowa corn producers that April 29th is the deadline to report production for Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion for corn for the 2021 crop year. It is also the...
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YieldOn will help boost nutrients for late-season corn & soybeans
There are many factors that farmers are going to deal with in Iowa and around the country. Input costs are high, weather and soil conditions do not always cooperate, and there are always pests. All these factors will take bites out of your profitability in a year...
Mother Nature is coming down hard on wheat producers
While there isn?t a lot of wheat in the state of Iowa, there is some. However, no matter how much wheat we produce in our state, wheat has a pretty big influence on the temperament our corn and soybean markets have on any given day. Their wins and losses tend to take...
EPA sending biofuel blending mandates to White House
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to send the long-awaited 2020-2022 biofuel blending mandates to the White House early this week. Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters the White House would then be working through a final review of the...
Rural Mainstreet Index remains positive for now
The Rural Mainstreet Index for April was just released, and while its numbers are good, they are showing signs of what may be coming. April came in at a 62, which is still in growth territory but is down over three percentage points from March. So, there isn?t a lot...
Opening Market Podcast – Greg McBride Allendale 5-2-22
Markets are opening to the downside, and livestock markets could turn "ugly." Greg McBride of Allendale joins Dustin on today's Opening Market Podcast.
