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Doubts around year-round E15 linger
Agreement on legislation to allow year-round E15 sales continued to elude farm and oil interests despite a Sunday deadline. A draft plan by the House GOP’s Rural Domestic Energy Council failed to win support by the weekend from mid-sized oil refiners who killed year-round E15 in an earlier defense bill. Despite breaks for those refiners from having to bear the cost of small refiner exemptions, it didn’t seem to be enough. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is a long-time E15 booster. Despite not...
Gov. Reynolds and Secretary Naig maintaining rivalry for Governor?s Charity Steer Show
May 27th marked the start of the fundraising effort for this year?s Governor?s Charity Steer Show (GCSS), and, with this year marking the 40th anniversary of the event, the competition has never been stiffer. Recently, there?s been a bit of a rivalry between Governor...
Inflation and its impact on the ag marketplace
Farmers find themselves in a back-and-forth battle with their wallets as inflation and markets are both on the rise. While higher commodity prices are good for their wallets, the increasing consumer good prices are not. So, what does this mean for farmers on a...
It only took a year or two, but biofuels aid & RVOs are here
This may have been one of the best examples of ?hurry up and wait? we have ever seen in agriculture. It only took about a year, but the USDA is finally releasing the aid it promised the biofuels industry in June of last year. Last year?s announcement was already a...
Iowa Poultry & Egg Foundation 2022 scholarship winners
The Foundation was created by the Iowa Egg Council and Iowa Poultry Association. They fund scholarships and encourage young people to consider careers in poultry and egg industries. During the Iowa Poultry Association Fall Festival and Annual Meeting on September 21,...
Not everyone is pleased with proposed Indo-Pacific trade pact
The Biden Administration recently announced its own trade proposal for pacific rim countries that includes the United States. This is in response to the long-talked about Trans-Pacific partnership which the U.S. removed itself from, and the new proposals being put...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-3-22)
Since Monday was Memorial Day, the USDA pushed its release of the weekly U.S. Export Sales Report to today. However, that doesn?t mean it?s a particularly special report. In fact, today?s numbers were very mediocre, and it?s dragging corn and soybean prices down....
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U.S. Export Sales Report (3-2-23)
This week?s export sales were uneventful. This is to be expected since we have been going through option expirations. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of the latest U.S. Export Sales Report.For a while, export demand was low since U.S....
Farmers, INREC, ISU and Google collaborate to develop innovative farming tools
The Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council (INREC), Iowa State University (ISU)'s Department of Agronomy along with support from Google.org held a three-day design sprint this week in Clive to work on new tool that will help farmers with nitrogen fertilizer rate...
Weather and labor continue to challenge railways
One of the main metrics for railway service quality is unfilled grain car orders, the number of cars a shipper ordered but didn?t receive. Danny Munch, American Farm Bureau Federation Economist, said the data shows shippers are waiting a long time to get the grain...
Fertilizer prices look to be coming down for now
Farmers have been dealing with higher input costs not long after the market for their grains got better. Fertilizer was the main concern as it jumped over 300% at one time. The essential nutrients were causing economic hardships to producers who claimed that too much...
World Pork Expo set for milestone 35th anniversary celebration
The 2023 World Pork Expo returns to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 7 through 9. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the annual event focusing on education, innovation and networking within the pork industry. National Pork Producers...
