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Canada patiently pursuing USMCA despite pressure from U.S.
The Trump administration is demanding what amounts to an ‘entry fee’ from Canada, in the form of agreeing to some concessions just to engage in trade talks relating to the USMCA deal. In particular, the U.S. administration is demanding pre-negotiation concessions from Canada by changing the way Canada administers its dairy quotas and how it governs digital media. Alcohol is still one of Washington’s biggest trade irritants, as U.S. negotiators cannot accept that some provinces continue to keep...
Secretary Naig announces grant opportunity for the development of livestock vaccines
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced the formation of the Livestock Protection Innovation Grant Program. The program will provide grant funding to assist Iowa-based companies in the development of safe and effective vaccines that may help protect...
Legal options all but exhausted against Prop 12
When the Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that there was no legal reason for them to overturn California’s Proposition 12 ballot measure, at least not based on the arguments raised, it was obvious that Congress was going to be the best way forward. The Supreme...
John Deere Foundation donates $2 million to Food Bank of Iowa
Last week, the John Deere Foundation announced a $2 million gift to fund the vital expansion of the Food Bank of Iowa’s Des Moines distribution center and support its “Building Healthy Futures” capital campaign. This is on top of the nearly $270,000 in unrestricted...
Earning extra premiums and extra revenue per acre
Benson Hill has invested in growth in the state of Iowa by expanding its infrastructure in the state. With a soybean crush facility in Creston, a warehouse and seed treatment location in Bondurant, and facilities for high oleic soybeans for specialty use, Iowa growers...
Ethanol and the Grain Indemnity Fund remain top issues for Iowa corn growers
Discussing the issues surrounding crop production with Logan Lyon, District Director for the Iowa Corn Growers Association, including ethanol demand and carbon pipelines. There are always a lot of outside influences in regard to crop production far beyond what happens...
Secretary Naig announces availability of grants for urban water quality projects
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is now accepting pre-applications for cost-share grant funding to support urban conservation projects. “Communities of all sizes can utilize urban...
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AFBF members talking labor challenges on Capitol Hill
Iowa farmers are no stranger to labor challenges. Every year, it seems like the pool of laborers to hire for on-farm jobs gets smaller and smaller. On top of that, the H-2A program that farmers have come to rely on can be complicated and expensive to use. Farm Bureau...
Ag industry needs certainty on sustainable aviation fuel
A multi-state coalition of biofuel and farm advocates asked the Treasury Department to swiftly resolve any questions standing in the way of scaling up U.S. production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. More specifically, they urged the administration to quickly adopt the...
Growing world record soybeans
Farmers start every growing season to grow the best crop they can and improve their yields year after year. Certainly, we can grow high-yielding crops, and in soybeans we turn heads the closer we get to those triple-digit yields. But what if you could grow over 200...
USDA’s ACEP gets a funding boost, keeps farmers farming
Another revenue source to keep farmers farming is getting a boost from the USDA. Under Secretary Robert Bonnie says the new funds will help conserve farmlands and wetlands. The program continues a strategy by Secretary Tom Vilsack to use the Inflation Reduction Act...
U.S. Export Sales Report (3-21-24)
Another status quo report for export sales this week, and seeing a neutral report was nice in the face of some heightened volatility throughout the day of its release. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave a breakdown of the numbers. Soybeans in particular were...
