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Number of farms and total acreage of farm ground down in the U.S.
According to the latest USDA report, the number of farms in the United States is down year over year. National Agricultural Statistics Service Administrator Joseph Parsons also provides the statistics for total acreage of farm ground in use in the U.S. Parsons says that the average farm size across all sales classes is up. Parsons focuses on trends for farmland size in recent years as well as by sales class. That was National Agricultural Statistics Service Administrator Joseph Parsons....
Senator Grassley speaks about foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley held his weekly conference call with reporters on Tuesday and spoke about the current state of his bill that would address foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.Grassley was the original author of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure...
Pork policy top of mind at NPPC Legislative Action Conference
October is pork month in Iowa and across the United States, and there's no better time for us to be talking about the policies that affect pork producers across the country than when the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) recently hosted their legislative action...
Smithfield foods sending 150,000 servings of food for hurricane relief
Smithfield, Va., Oct. 3, 2022 ? Smithfield Foods is sending more than 37,000 pounds of food ? the equivalent of 150,000 servings ? to Fort Myers, Florida, through its Helping Hungry Homes? program in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian.The protein will...
NK Seeds Field Forged lineup offers a competitive advantage for producers
With a seemingly infinite number of details to consider, it can be tough to choose which seeds to go with at the beginning of each growing season. But with NK Seeds, farmers no longer have to choose between planting their tried-and-true varieties or innovative...
The importance of even emergence with Precision Planting (Part 2)
(Part 1 of this story from Friday)Carl Dodge is an eastern Iowa farmer who has been using Precision Planting products for many years and has recently become a brand ambassador for the company who gets to try their new products.Carl has a YouTube channel, and he enjoys...
Exports continue to add value to the U.S. red meat market
U.S red meat exports continue to post solid numbers. Erin Borror, an economist with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, said exports will continue adding value to producers? bottom lines at the Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City.?The value story, on the beef side, our...
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Prop 12 brings a fast-moving period of uncertainty for producers
Last month, the Supreme Court of the United States held up California?s Proposition 12 as legal. This was not the answer that the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau were hoping to have happen. While many justices agreed that this was going to...
Markets have already moved on from the June WASDE
The markets had a very muted reaction to today?s WASDE report. We were expecting bearish numbers, and that?s exactly what we got. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown on the numbers.Despite these weather concerns, the USDA did not make any cuts...
What to scout for in corn during a drought
After a rapid planting season, continued dryness has led to concerns of rapid onset drought. Steve Schany, AgriGold?s western agronomy manager, said less-than-ideal moisture across much of the Corn Belt is reason for concern about crop stands.?Yes, I would say much of...
Another setback for increased farm bill funding for commodity programs
It?s another setback for the possibility of increased farm bill funding for commodity programs. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) says the Ag Committees are hemmed in on farm bill spending by the Congressional Budget Office and appropriators setting parameters after the...
Sukup is supporting livestock producers? grain storage needs
While visiting the World Pork Expo this week, we got to see a lot of great technology to advance the pork industry and help producers maximize every input dollar and safely get the most from their animals. It is a goal that all livestock producers have. However, when...
