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Applications open for 2025 America First Trade Promotion Program
USDA announced it is now accepting applications for the 2025 America First Trade Promotion Program (AFTPP). U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom said the program, first announced by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins in late September, was authorized by Congress in the budget reconciliation bill passed earlier this year. The program provides $285 million to promote agricultural trade. Halstrom said it is designed to enhance existing trade assistance such as the USDA Market...
Momentum still building for pork exports
November export numbers from the USDA show pork was once again immensely positive for global demand for U.S. both in the volume and value. Courtney Knupp, vice president of international marketing for the National Pork Board, said after a slower start to 2022, they...
Pro athletes buying Iowa farmland
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and longtime NBA player Blake Griffin are among some of the big-name athletes who are investing in Iowa farmland. They?ve joined up with more than 20 other pro athletes from the NFL, NHL, the NBA, and Major League Baseball to...
Fertilizer prices will be slow to come down
It feels like farming is becoming like predicting the weather. We are trying to figure out weather patterns, marketing for prices that will be doing only God knows what in nine months, and trying to figure out what it is going to cost to grow that crop each year.With...
Iowa Biodiesel Board urges EPA to reconsider proposed RFS rule
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing on the proposed Renewable Fuel Standards rule for 2023, 2024, and 2025. While the ethanol numbers provided relief to the renewable fuels industry, the biodiesel volumes were disappointing news....
American Farm Bureau Federation sets 2023 priorities
The American Farm Bureau Federation wrapped up its annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, setting policy objectives the organization wants to see accomplished in 2023. Sam Kieffer, AFBF Vice President of Public Policy, says the next farm bill was one of the top...
Iowa, home to the nation’s premier land conference
The 2023 Land Investment Expo was held in Des Moines on Tuesday at the Iowa Events Center. The expo is considered the nation?s premier land conference and is held annually in Iowa?s capital city. Eric O?Keefe is the founding editor of The Land Report magazine which...
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