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Detailing recent improvements to the farm safety net
The long wait continues for an updated and modernized farm bill, but the farm safety net has seen recent improvements via the One Big Beautiful Bill Act says a senior USDA official. Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Richard Fordyce says that the agriculture sections of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act were designed to improve security and certainty within the farm safety net. He says that improvements have been made to agricultural risk coverage and price loss coverage. The...
U.S. pork industry learns more about battling FADs
A recent trip to the European Union allowed those in the pork industry to see firsthand how the U.S. industry can continue to prevent and prepare for a foreign animal disease outbreak. Dr. Dustin Oedekoven, chief veterinarian for the National Pork Board, along with...
CNH workers say no to proposed contract
United Auto Workers at Case New Holland Plants in Burlington, Iowa, and Racine, Wisconsin, voted down a contract proposal on Saturday night that would have ended a strike. The president of UAW Local 807 says 45 percent voted yes, and 55 percent voted no to the offer....
Growth Energy?s Emily Skor testifies on EPA?s ?set?
The EPA announced its biofuels rules and production targets late last year. These are part of a group of rules called ?the set.? Today The EPA heard public comments from stakeholders in the fuel and agriculture industries.From the ethanol side of the equation, there...
Farm Bureau, John Deere sign right to repair memorandum of understanding
The 2023 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention is currently taking place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the convention The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere announced a memorandum of understanding that will allow farmers to repair their own...
Crop insurance important as ever amid price volatility
We?ve been seeing higher crop prices over the past few years, but there is still plenty of volatility in the ag marketplace. That means farmers will have to be flexible in the ways that they approach risk management, which is especially true when it comes to crop...
Pork exports continue to gain momentum as beef sets annual record
November exports of U.S. pork were the largest of 2022 in both volume and value, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). November beef exports were below the large year-ago totals, but 2022 export value already set a...
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Ethanol production hits three-month low
The Energy Information Administration says ethanol output dropped to a three-month low while inventories hit the lowest point since November. Ethanol production dropped to an average of 1.007 million barrels a day during the week ending on August 25. The EIA report...
South American Weather and Crop Update (8-31-23)
A little bit of rain in South America, but that’s not enough to deter farmers from finishing harvest. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest weather patterns. Harvest in Brazil is slightly behind the average, but McBride said this might...
Beef Promotion Operating Committee meeting next week
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will hold its Beef Promotion Operating Committee meeting in Denver on September 6-7. The Committee consists of 20 cattle producers- ten from the beef board and ten from the federation. Jimmy Taylor, chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board,...
Grassley criticizes EPA WOTUS final rule and calls for legislative fix
United States Senator Chuck Grassley says it’s time to end the WOTUS back and forth between the courts and the EPA and pass a legislative ‘fix’. Even after Senator Grassley said the Supreme Court rejected the EPA’s ‘significant nexus test’ for a navigable water to...
Quarter 2 flat for farm incomes
Earlier this year we discussed the prediction that the second quarter earnings wouldn’t be too exciting for farms across the Midwest. After all the dust has settled, we see that this prediction holds somewhat true. While we may not have seen quite the decrease we...
