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Jay Theiler of Agri Beef Company elected chair of USMEF
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) concluded its Strategic Planning Conference in Indianapolis Friday with election of new officers. Chairing USMEF for the 2025-26 term is Jay Theiler, executive vice president of corporate affairs for Agri Beef Company in Boise, Idaho. Theiler said differentiating the quality of U.S. red meat is essential to continued expansion of the global customer base. And while it’s important to diversify export destinations, it’s still equally important to defend...
Get your dairy herd dewormed soon
Animal health is a big issue for all livestock producers. Each animal comes with their own set of issues that they face. Poultry is currently dealing with HPAI, and hogs are looking at PRRS & staving off African Swine Fever. Cattle have their issues as well, including...
2023 Farm Bill will likely be evolutionary, not revolutionary
With the current lame duck session, the 2023 Farm Bill process has been put off until the new year. Will Stafford, CHS Washington representative, said the writing process should pick up again at the beginning of the year.Stafford said they likely won?t make any huge...
Vilsack announces second round of funding for USDA?s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program
Recently, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the second round of project funding under USDA?s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program. Vilsack explained how the second round of funding is different from the first.?We realize that we needed to have smaller...
McKinsey & company release global farmer survey results
Despite economic disturbances, high crop prices are giving farmers around the world cause for cautious optimism, according to a new survey. Global consultancy McKinsey & Company this week released the results of its global survey of 5,500 farmers from nine countries....
Double-Check the new National Broadband Map
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its National Broadband Map. Emily Buckman, Director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said the new map shows location-specific information about the availability of broadband...
Conservation agronomists helping farmers to implement conservation practices
More farmers have adopted conservation practices and techniques on their farming operations in hopes of improving water quality, lessening soil erosion, or just improving efficiency on their farm. Ben Porepp, a conservation agronomist with the Iowa Soybean...
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Drought pressure tops growing season?s challenges, survey shows
In a recent survey conducted by Brevant seeds, 73% of the 284 U.S. ag retail respondents ranked drought toughness as the number one crop challenge this season. With drought plaguing many areas, retailers are on high alert to help their farmer customers overcome...
Soy Checkoff farmer-leaders looking to the future
Although we are in the middle of the summer, farmer-leaders with the United Soybean Board are already looking toward the future, focusing on research, education, and promotion investments for the next fiscal year. Steve Reinhard, USB Vice Chair, said these investments...
Ad hoc government payments caused farmers to store more grain
University research shows ad hoc payments result in farmers holding more grain in storage. Published by the University of Illinois? FarmdocDAILY, the research estimated the impact of the unprecedented surge in ad hoc farm payments from 2018 to 2020 on grain...
How to get the most of your forage capability
The drought we have seen over the past couple of years has been a challenge for producers that depend on forage to feed their livestock. This is especially important in the dairy industry. So much of the production quality depends on the quality of the food that is...
South American Weather and Crop Update (7-18-23)
The weather is still very dry down in Argentina and Brazil right now, but there are some good rains in the longer forecasts. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest conditions.McBride said that dry weather has allowed Brazil?s harvest...
