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Naig says Congress has wasted enough time
As the government shutdown drags into its twenty-eighth day, frustration across the country is boiling over. From farmers waiting on FSA offices to reopen, to families relying on SNAP benefits, real Americans are paying the price while Congress remains stuck in its own political bubble. The gridlock in Washington has become more than just a nuisance; it is a growing crisis with consequences that deepen by the day. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says the patience of rural America has...
Bayer offers multiple modes of action against corn rootworm
Every year, corn rootworm finds a way to cause problems in the fields of farmers across the country. As a highly adaptable pest, it?s a challenge every year to find the best ways to manage and prevent the damage the worms cause. That?s why it?s so important to have...
$2 million investment from soy checkoff aims to lower transportation costs
The United Soybean Board (USB) and the Soy Transportation Coalition recently celebrated the success of the checkoff?s infrastructure investment in research, planning, analysis, and design to help dredge the lower Mississippi River. Farmer-leaders presented Louisiana...
Dairy is riding the wave higher
We know that it has been a very volatile marketplace over the past couple of years. However, nobody has suffered more than the dairy producers of our country. Whether it has been depressed prices, trade disagreements, or the actual dumping of milk due to poor markets,...
Feenstra talks farm bill legislation
Especially in a farm bill year, our Iowa representatives are working hard to fight for farmers across the state. Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra said one of the bills he?s working on is the Crop Insurance for Future Farmers Act, which will help new farm owners get...
The importance of international markets to U.S. pork producers
International markets are very valuable to the producers of United States pork and the industry has committed a lot of resources to developing overseas markets.Bill Luckey is a producer from Nebraska and a National Pork Board member. He says that while export numbers...
USMEF ready for this year?s Cattle Industry Summer Business Meetings
Beef producers from across the nation will gather in San Diego this week for the Cattle Industry Summer Business Meetings. One key focus of the conference will be industry efforts to bolster global demand for U.S. beef. These efforts are funded in part by the Beef...
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Livestock insurance products see big increase in demand
Livestock Risk Management products are in high demand, showing “astronomical” growth, according to USDA’s Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger. Bunger tells the National Cattlemen’s Beltway Beef podcast that insurance products like Livestock Risk...
College may become even more expensive for farming families
Whether you’ve put your kids through college or gone through it yourself, it’s a widely known fact that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process can be very stressful. Unfortunately, it looks like that process could now create even more of a...
SNAP participation varied across states in fiscal year 2022
New data released by USDA's Economic Research Service shows that in fiscal year 2022, USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program served an average of 41.1 million people per month in the 50 states and Washington, DC. SNAP is the largest domestic nutrition...
Be ready for anything in 2024
Mother Nature is both a blessing and a curse in the ag industry. We are completely at her mercy throughout the growing season. We cannot protect our plants from her temper, but we can do the best we can. Not only is her mood affecting the conditions in which our crops...
Finding a carbon credit program that fits your operation
Since every operation is different, it’s often important for farmers to focus on utilizing flexible and customizable programs. This is especially true with carbon credit programs- if you’re looking for one, you need to find one that fits your operation, not the other...
