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USDA releases December 2025 red meat export data
U.S. pork exports posted the second highest value and third largest volume on record in 2025, according to year-end data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom said this follows a record-setting year in 2024. Halstrom said December beef exports were the largest in eight months, but full-year shipments fell substantially year-over-year, largely due to the ongoing trade impasse with China. Halstrom added that exports of U.S....
Tips for rural families to fight inflation
Americans are facing those higher prices across the board and rural families are taking some of the hardest hits. Rural America doesn?t have the same options or opportunities available as urban communities do. Rural America has fewer choices, fewer stores, and fewer...
CoBank report details current & future ag economic conditions
A number of factors are sending up red flags about slowing economic activity and a potential oncoming recession. A CoBank report says inflation is the largest red flag, and the Fed is ready to raise rates until it believes inflation has been controlled. ?Warehouse and...
AgView the best option for sharing data in case of FAD outbreak
We talk at length about animal diseases, both foreign and domestic. We know that diligence and preparation are the most effective tools we have in our toolbox. Having the right tools to help us be prepared is essential. That is why the National Pork Board is...
NCBA?s Kent Bacus reflects on the loss of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
The Senior Director for International Trade and Market Access for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Kent Bacus, says the recent loss of Japan?s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a great loss to the world. Bacus said the willingness of Prime Minister Abe to...
EPA makes unprecedented move to target atrazine
Just when you think that the Government or one of its many agencies cannot make you shake your head anymore, the EPA basically tells us to hold their beverage and watch this.Usually, when the EPA grants registration to a product, the matter is closed until the next...
Markets continue to grow for Plenish?
When we talked with Corteva?s Roger Theisen, last year, we got to hear about Plenish? soybeans and the oil products they can create from those beans. However, the major hurdle was growing the marketplace and the infrastructure to make it pay for farmers. Now, a year...
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Nominations open for 2024 Farm Dog of the Year contest
The Farm Dog of the Year contest application period is open for nominations from farmers and ranchers. Terri Moore, American Farm Bureau Federation Vice President of Communications, said the contest helps bring awareness to agriculture.?The Farm Dog of the Year...
Golden Harvest?s GHX app offers new season-long support experience
Sometimes it feels like when it comes to seeds, we make our purchases, and get the seeds delivered to the farm, and then we don?t hear from our dealer or the company until the next time we have to buy seeds. It isn?t that it is a bad thing, it is just how business is...
Grassley joins bill to crack down on Xylazine
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley joined Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Maggie Hassan to introduce the Combating Illicit Xylazine (zy-la-zeen) Act last week. Grassley of Iowa sits on the Senate Ag Committee and joins the effort to crack down on the...
Versova donates 9,000 dozen eggs to Food Bank of Iowa
Egg farmers across America are teaming up to feed families ahead of spring celebrations as part of a nationwide initiative led by the American Egg Board called Fighting Hunger by the Dozens. Versova is one of more than 20 farms participating in the initiative, which...
Lessons learned from last year’s growing season
Planting time is quickly arriving, and farmers are prepping their equipment and planning for the day that they will get their planters into the field.Derek Whalen a Channel technical agronomist says that one of the biggest lessons learned in growing season 2022 is...
