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Secretary Naig announces streamside buffer pilot project targeting priority watersheds
Today, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced a new state-funded conservation cost-share pilot project supporting farmers and landowners in the watersheds upstream from the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas. The Streamside Buffer Initiative encourages farmers and landowners living in these priority watersheds to add perennial buffers to fields along streams to prevent nutrients from entering these important source water areas. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land...
GROWMARK Foundation announces 2022 scholarship recipients
More than 300 students from across the United States and Ontario, Canada, applied for the award. Applications were evaluated by a panel of agribusiness professionals, and the funds are available for the fall 20212 semester. Only fifteen of those more than 300...
Farm groups tell SEC to stick to Wall Street, not Main Street
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a rule regarding climate disclosures that could affect every farmer and rancher in the United States, even though they aren?t publicly traded entities. The proposed rule affects climate reporting and carbon...
High fuel prices & inflation affecting Rural Mainstreet Index
This economy is wrapping its tentacles around every facet of our lives. It affects everybody differently, but it affects everybody, urban and rural alike. The latest Rural Mainstreet Index was just released from Creighton University, and the numbers aren?t much to...
Inflation prompting some trading partners to cut tariffs on red meat
South Korea is the latest country to suspend import duties on pork and other food items in an effort to combat inflation. Korea joins Mexico, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Brazil in reducing or eliminating tariffs on certain food items to lower consumer...
Republican leaders introduce new Act for the Ag community
Last week, the Reducing Farm Input Costs and Carriers to Production Act was introduced by Republican leaders from the Agriculture and Budget Committees. Chair of the Western Caucus, Dan Newhouse, says the legislation will protect and promote American agriculture. One...
NPPC praise Biden administration
The Biden administration, international trading partners and business groups representing the full scope of the U.S. economy, among others, filed amicus briefs in support of the National Pork Producers Council ahead of the Supreme Court case to review California?s...
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Navigator pipeline project has generated a lot of questions
With any major project that is meant to improve infrastructure, there are always a lot of questions, as well as there should be. You cannot do a project of this scale without considering the implications to safety, the environment, land and property rights, and...
U.S. Export Sales Report (2-9-23)
This week?s report was mostly neutral again. Corn numbers are looking better, but it?s still not enough to change the overall outlook. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided a breakdown of this week?s U.S. Export Sales Report.McBride said they were expecting...
Farm Bureau tells congress WOTUS misses the mark
Missouri Farm Bureau President Garret Hawkins told Congress Wednesday that the updated Waters of the U.S. Rule creates uncertainty and unnecessary costs for farmers and ranchers.The rule was released in late 2022 and Hawkins says that it creates uncertainty and makes...
CME Group launches New Crop Weekly options
Uncertainty is something that farmers are used to, but the number of risks that farmers face seems to increase each year. CME Group is always looking for new ways to help producers manage risk. Tim Andriesen, CME Group Managing Director of Agricultural Products,...
USDA proposes changes to dairy benefits in WIC program
If you have had children in the past 20 years or more, you are probably familiar with The Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) program and their vouchers. These vouchers help provide proper nutrition for families without it being an economical burden. Many of these...
