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Projecting demand for grilling season as beef prices soar
Every year the meat industry can rely on a spike in demand for meat during the summer grilling season. However, with beef prices at extremely high levels in stores, will demand this grilling season be as high as it typically would be during the spring and summer grilling months? Eric Relph of Commstock Investments tells the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network that there are several economic factors weighing on American consumers as summer approaches. Relph says that inflation concerns continue to...
South American Weather and Crop Update (5-16-23)
The weather in South America is still pretty open and dry for farmers to work in the fields. While they would?ve appreciated that weather earlier this year, it?s still making things easier. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest...
Lawmakers introduce legislation to classify corn as an advanced biofuel
New legislation introduced Monday in the House of Representatives would allow for ethanol from corn starch to qualify as an advanced biofuel. The Fuels Parity Act would also require the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Argonne GREET model to determine the...
35th World Pork Expo offers great opportunities for producers
It is only a few weeks away. Thousands of people from all over the globe will descend on the Iowa State Fairgrounds for the 35th World Pork Expo. The event runs from June 7-9 and offers educational forums, the latest in pork production technology, and always great...
Balanced crop nutrition key to a quality growing season
As much as 60 percent of a crop?s yield depends on soil fertility. Curt Woolfolk is the senior manager of crop nutrition technologies for The Mosaic Company and he says balanced crop nutrition is a key to grower success every year.Woolfolk says that performance...
Lack of West Coast port labor contract creates uncertainty for U.S. red meat
West Coast Longshoremen and terminal operators started negotiations on a new labor contract on May 10, 2022. The talks have continued for more than a year without resolution, and port workers have been without a contract for 10 months. While the situation is not...
Rural caregivers face mental health challenges too
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Rural Minds and the National Grange Society held a webinar discussing the challenges facing caregivers in rural America. Those mental health challenges often get overlooked. Brittnee Henry is a communications and marketing...
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Secretary Naig announces expansion for NW Iowa water quality project
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that a successful Water Quality Initiative (WQI) project in Plymouth, Sioux, O’Brien and Cherokee Counties is expanding into a larger territory while beginning a new phase that includes an added focus on...
U.S. Export Sales Report (12-14-23)
This week’s export sales were neutral on the marketplace, but the sales were actually still very good for this time of year in the corn and wheat markets. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest export numbers from the USDA. McBride said...
Study shows that U.S. farming is still a family business
Despite cries against so-called “factory farming,” the Farms and Ranches at a Glance Report shows U.S. farming is still a family business. Betty Resnick, an American Farm Bureau Federation economist, said the report is a project of USDA’s Economic Research Service and...
There are more casualties without a Farm Bill
We have spent a lot of time these past few weeks lamenting the fact that a new Farm Bill was not passed, nor are we even close to having a new one. Work started almost two years ago, and thanks to political gridlock, nothing was accomplished. Farmers rely on...
Cattlemen’s Beef Board telling real stories of real producers
The cattle industry is often targeted by activists who seek to ruin it, which is why advocacy is so incredibly important. If we don’t tell our story, someone else will tell their version of it. The Cattlemen’s Beef Board is one of the organizations that seeks to...
