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Pork industry eyes impact of MAHA guidelines
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Report has finally delivered its long-awaited recommendations, and agriculture is watching closely. The findings are expected to influence how federal agencies shape farm policy, food production, and the role of agriculture in meeting future nutrition goals. For producers, the report could carry both opportunities and challenges as its ideas move toward implementation. Dr. Ashley Johnson, Director of Food Policy for the National Pork Producers Council, has...
ADM helping farmers to implement regenerative agriculture practices
Regenerative agriculture practices are good for soil health and improving water quality but they can also be beneficial to a farmer?s bottom line.Paul Scheetz is the Director of Climate Smart Ag Origination at ADM. Scheetz and his team offer premiums and incentives...
Taking care of your combine after harvest
After harvest season wraps up, it?s time for farmers to put their combines to bed for the winter months. Jim Franceschetti, product marketing manager for harvest and hay and forage at Case IH Parts and Service, talked about what combine owners need to remember as they...
Philippine president extends reduced pork tariffs
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. announced this week his plans to extend the country?s reduced most favored nation (MFN) tariff rates on imported pork through the end of 2023. The reduced rates, implemented in mid-2021, cut the tariff on in-quota pork cuts...
Groups respond positively to Alexis Taylor confirmation
The Senate confirmed Alexis Taylor as USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, and U.S. ag groups reacted positively. ?Alexis has a strong background in agriculture from growing up on a farm in Iowa and has a deep knowledge of trade issues,?...
U.S. Grains Council feeling positive about 2023 for keeping up demand
In tough economic times, we need to be making sure that we are keeping up demand for our grains and their products. It can be a challenge when the global economy is hurting, and you want to make sure that the values of global currencies aren't cheating one side or the...
Soy checkoff elects Meagan Kaiser as new chair, sets priorities for 2023
The United Soybean Board recently elected Meagan Kaiser of Missouri as the organization?s new Chair. Kaiser is ready to hit the ground running with her priorities for the soy checkoff in 2023.Kaiser says that recent soy checkoff investments have paid very visible...
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Hinson talks EATS Act and the consequences of Prop 12
In response to government overreach from Proposition 12, Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson and Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn have introduced the bicameral Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act. At its core, the movement surrounding Prop 12 seeks to limit...
U.S. Export Sales Report (7-13-23)
Following yesterday?s interesting WASDE report, this week?s export sales were actually pretty friendly. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of this week?s U.S. Export Sales Report.McBride said there were also some flash sales this week, and...
Former NCBA chief says Biden admin MIA on trade
The former head of the National Cattlemen?s Beef Association Don Schiefelbein says the Biden Administration is ?missing in action? on trade.Schiefelbein told Ways and Means lawmakers at a field hearing on his Minnesota farm, that he couldn?t get U.S. beef at a...
EPA tailpipe emissions proposal has created an unlikely alliance
It has been no secret since the Biden Administration took control in Washington, they have been working to enact regulations and laws to incentivize what many would consider to be the ?green agenda.? While many agree that trying to better the environment is a noble...
AEM releases June 2023 equipment sales numbers
Total farm tractor unit sales in the U.S. turned positive for the first time in 2023, led by continued strength in large tractors and combines. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers reported Wednesday gains in the U.S. market were led by 100-plus horsepower...
