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USDA cattle numbers show ongoing herd decline
The USDA released its latest Cattle Inventory Report last Friday, just ahead of this week’s National Cattlemen’s Beef Association convention in Nashville. While the overall change in cattle numbers was modest, the data continues to reinforce a long running trend of tightening supplies across the U.S. beef industry. As of January 1, 2026, the total U.S. cattle and calf inventory stood at 86.2 million head, down slightly from a year ago. The report keeps the industry on a familiar trajectory, as...
USDA extending deadline for Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program
Hog producers who sold hogs through a spot market sale during the COVID-19 pandemic now have until April 15, 2022, to submit their applications for the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s (USDA) Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP). SMHPP, which is part of USDA?s...
Naig excited for planters to start rolling in Iowa
We?re about to turn the page on February, which means planting season is right around the corner.Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig tells IARN affiliate KMA that spring planting season is an exciting time of the year. Weather is always a pivotal factor in...
Iowa Legislature passes massive tax cut
The Iowa Legislature has passed a bill that revamps the state?s income tax system.The Iowa House and Senate on Thursday gave approval to House File 2317. The bill lowers the state?s income tax rate to 3.9%, lower than the 4% Governor Reynolds called for during her...
Increased soybean acres can be profitable for Iowa farmers
While the markets are even more volatile in the past hours and days than they already have been, the prices are still very good. However, the costs of inputs for corn are continuing to climb, and the current unease in the Black Sea means will probably continue to do...
Food prices below overall inflation in 2021
Overall, food prices increased by an average of 3.9 percent in 2021 compared to 2020, the highest annual increase since 2008. USDA's Economic Research Service released new data Wednesday that shows food prices grew more slowly than "all items," but more quickly than...
NCBA lauds USDA?s processing capacity funding
The National Cattlemen?s Beef Association welcomes the USDA?s $215 million commitment to enhance the American food supply chain.USDA officials Thursday announced the availability of up to $215 million in grants and resources as part of a continued effort to strengthen...
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Closing Market Podcast – Bill Moore PFG 12-15-22
Corn ended higher soybeans and livestock were lower. Bill Moore of PRICE Futures Group talks with Dustin Hoffmann
U.S. Export Sales Report (12-15-22)
Today?s report actually provided some good numbers for the markets to react to. We likely won?t see anything monumental as we approach the end of the year, but we?ll gladly take positive export sales. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an analysis of the...
Midday Market Podcast- Bryan Doherty TFM- 12-15-22
Good export sales numbers for soybeans, but beans are down. Corn is up slightly. Mark Magnuson talks with Bryan Doherty of Total Farm Marketing in today's podcast.
HUSH program and Iowa Deer Exchange connect hunters with communities
Yesterday, we talked about how hunters can give back to their communities and help those who are less fortunate by donating extra deer through Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry. However, Iowa farmers may have difficulty connecting with that cause since there are...
What will water shortages mean for the future?
As we are coming off another year of drought in Iowa, I find it interesting to think about water as much as I have in the past day or two. It?s an interesting situation. I recently saw a TikTok video that featured Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about the...
