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USDA sets spring crop insurance prices
As spring planting gears up across the country, the Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has determined crop insurance prices for 2026. Faith Parum, an economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, has details on three major crops. Parum said these are slight changes from what farmers saw in spring 2025. Parum said farmers have a stronger safety net this year, thanks in part to the updates in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. For more information, visit...
Iowa harvest is in full swing
The weather has been near perfect for getting the harvest rolling in the state of Iowa. Corn and soybeans both are coming out of the fields and heading into bins and elevators around the region. However, the weather conditions have given us an interesting situation as...
White House hunger conference today
The long-awaited White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health convenes today. The goal of the conference is to end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030. The White House Tuesday released its national strategy with actions the...
USDA makes $500 million available for more domestic fertilizer production
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the agency is taking steps to fight the high cost of fertilizer for American farmers. The USDA is making $500 million in grants available to increase American-made fertilizer production to spur competition and combat those...
HPAI spurs record turkey and egg prices
Fall is here with Thanksgiving around the corner, and that means turkey and pumpkin pie are on everybody?s menus. However, you might have to stretch your budget a little higher this year. As you plan your holiday meal, American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Brent...
Syngenta?s Cropwise helps farmers to collect and access field data
Cropwise is a new digital platform from Syngenta that is being introduced to the United States market after previously being used in other international markets.Joe Ben Bogle, digital ag marketing lead with Syngenta, says that Cropwise is a digital hub that allows...
South American Weather and Crop Update (9-27-22)
The weather continues to look favorable for planting season in South America. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather patterns for Brazil and Argentina.McBride also provided an update on planting progress in Brazil.With their...
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Bird Flu break doesn?t mean we can relax our vigilance
It?s nice to be thinking of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) as an afterthought right now. It has been almost three months since our last confirmed case. We all know that this outbreak lasted longer than the previous outbreak in 2015. There were also more...
Eastern Iowa and Corn Belt seeing increased drought risk
Timely rains have been popping up around the state, but there?s still some drought creeping in. Iowa State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan provided an update on the latest U.S. Drought Monitor.The recent storms and showers have been nice, but you have to be lucky to...
South American Weather and Crop Update (6-6-23)
Clear skies continue to be the story for the weather in South America. This is great news for Brazilian farmers who have just started harvesting second crop corn. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest weather conditions.McBride said...
MOUs with equipment manufacturers will reduce downtime
The American Farm Bureau Federation recently signed two more right to repair MOUs, this time with AGCO and Kubota. Emily Buckman, AFBF Government Affairs Director, says combined with MOUs from John Deere and CNH Industrial, the four agreements cover roughly 70 percent...
Iowa planting all but wrapped up, but moisture is in short supply
We are now in the first full week of June, and from the looks of things, planting is all but wrapped up in the state of Iowa. The latest weekly crop progress report had this to say.?Farmers were still planting some corn and soybeans this week, however nearly all...
