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Previewing USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report
The 2026 USDA Prospective Plantings Report is scheduled for release on Tuesday March 31st. The report surveys farmer planting intentions for major crops, including corn, soybeans, wheat, and more. This report gives us the first real snapshot of what planted acreage could look like for the upcoming growing season. Jim McCormick, co-founder of AgMarket.net, provides the numbers from AgMarket.net’s projections of the report. McCormick says that fertilizer prices will shift some acres from corn to...
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...
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...
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U.S. pork rebounds impressively in Taiwan
Trade tensions related to ractopamine use have impacted U.S. pork exports to Taiwan for many years. But the issue reached a boiling point in 2021 when Taiwan announced that it would depart from its zero-tolerance policy on ractopamine and begin accepting imports...
Farmers don’t need added uncertainty from government shutdown
With the potential of a government shutdown looming, funding concerns are rampant throughout the government and in the agriculture sector. The United States Congress is currently working on a spending bill which if not agreed upon, would bring a partial government...
Iowa local food day connects students to farmers
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig celebrated Iowa Local Food Day today by serving locally-sourced school lunches to hundreds of elementary students at Meadowview School in the ADM School District (Adel – De Soto – Minburn). Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has...
Heart failure cases increasing in feedlot cattle
Animal health is always an issue for farmers. I remember growing up in on our family hog farm. As soon as one hog would start coughing, it would spread rather quickly. That meant vet checkups and feed-added medicine to help the animals shake the virus or other...
Food Bank of Iowa receives massive donation from Smithfield Foods and Hy-Vee
Smithfield Foods and Hy-Vee partnered together to donate several tons of food- over 100,000 servings- to the Food Bank of Iowa on Tuesday. The donation will provide high-quality protein to people in 55 Iowa counties who are struggling with food insecurity. Michelle...
