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New precision ag tools unveiled at Farm Progress Show
The Farm Progress Show is one of the best environments in agriculture to learn about the newest equipment, technology, and innovative management practices. That includes the latest precision ag technology that can be retrofitted to upgrade existing equipment. In recent years more farmers are applying micronutrient packages with many applications in granular form and in the Midwest, there is also insecticide applied. Bryce Baker of PTx says that one of the newest advancements from Precision...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-24-22)
This is not the time of year for crazy export sales, and, once again, this week?s report reflected that. Old crop corn performed pretty well, but, otherwise, there wasn?t much to write home about. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride noted that soybean sales...
USTR Tai says tariffs on fertilizer aren?t her responsibility
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the country?s top trade ambassador came before the Senate to answer questions on matters of how we are handling our trade policies.Kansas Senator Jerry Moran asked Ambassador Tai what she planned to do to help alleviate the...
USDA designates three Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used...
Roundtable? More like ?Runaround Table?
This week the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers are wrapping up a series of roundtable discussions with stakeholders in the debate over the return of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. This rule was first instated in the Obama...
Markets are uncertain ahead of June 30 Acreage Report
The USDA will issue its Acreage Report on June 30. Along side that, there is a lot of uncertainty to go around in the changes of planting and markets this season.Account Executive with Bower Trading, Ben Kasch says the markets will be watching the June 30 report...
Biden administration following USMCA regarding Canada dairy
Last month, the U.S. Trade Representative?s office initiated the second U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement dispute regarding Canadian dairy tariff-rate quota policies. The U.S. is requesting dispute settlement consultations regarding Canada?s dairy tariff-rate quota (TRQ)...
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Another record year for farm exports
The American agriculture sector posted its best export year ever in 2022. USDA says international sales of America?s farm and food products reached $196 billion. Final trade data from the U.S. Commerce Department showed U.S. ag exports increased 11 percent, or $19.5...
U.S. beef exports set annual records as pork finishes strong
U.S. beef exports set annual records for both volume and value in 2022, according to year-end data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports finished lower year-over-year, but export value was the third largest on record,...
Tractor rollovers remain leading cause of fatalities in U.S. agriculture
There have been an untold number of advancements made in agricultural safety since farming first began in the United States. However, tractor rollovers remain a danger in agriculture despite safety measures available that can prevent injuries from tractor...
Senators reintroduce bill to defend cattle producers
Senators Jon Tester, Chuck Grassley, and Mike Rounds reintroduced their ?Meat Packing Special Investigator Act? to fight consolidation and enforce the national anti-trust laws. The bill would create the ?Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters?...
America will be eating a lot of chicken wings during the Super Bowl
While Chiefs and Eagles fans fight this weekend over who has the better team, the rest of the country will watch over a plate of chicken wings- 1.45 billion of them, according to projections released by the National Chicken Council (NCC). That's an average of four...
