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NASCAR partnering with POET to use new zero-carbon fuel
As part of a new partnership with POET, NASCAR has become the first major U.S. motorsport to utilize zero-carbon ethanol. This makes POET, which is already the nation’s largest biofuel producer, the Official Biofuel Partner of NASCAR. POET Founder and CEO Jeff Broin said the partnership with NASCAR is a great way to show off the new zero-carbon fuel. Broin said both POET and NASCAR are very excited about the zero-carbon bioethanol. Broin said this is good news for corn farmers and everyone...
IBIC brings beef education to the classroom
While we may be getting to the end of May Beef Month, that doesn?t mean we can stop advocating for the beef industry. At the Iowa Beef Industry Council (IBIC), that advocacy comes in many different forms. Arguably the most important among these is beef education,...
2022 Iowa summer drought outlook
We have been worried about the potential for drought in 2022, all the way back into 2021. We are in a situation where every bushel and every acre count. So, what does the author of the Weekly U.S. Drought Monitor think for Iowa?Brad Rippey is a meteorologist for the...
Ambassador Branstad talks about personal relationships in trade
Trade is one of our main focal points in agriculture. Without trade, we have nowhere to ship our goods. While many countries have different cultures which affect how we conduct business, it all boils down to one common foundation: personal relationships. It is much...
U.S. Export Sales Report (5-26-22)
This week?s report was very mild and, frankly, quite boring. Soybeans sales came withing expectations, and new crop corn did as well. Old crop corn sales are becoming, well, old at this point, as evidenced by the fact that they set a marketing year low this past week....
U.S. Dairy supports U.S. Government?s pursuit of full Canadian USMCA compliance
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today applauded the Biden administration for its initiation of a second U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel concerning Canada?s ongoing refusal to meet its USMCA dairy...
Input prices, drought impacting cattle markets
The landscape of the 2022 cattle market is changing, and there are several issues with it. Bernt Nelson, American Farm Bureau Federation Economist, says the biggest factors in the cattle market are inventory, drought, and input costs.?USDA?s Annual Cattle Inventory...
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Giving growers options for the planting season
The state of Iowa has seen a wide range of weather outcomes over the past year. Summer 2022 was very dry in western Iowa, while the eastern portion of the state received much more moisture. This winter, northern Iowa has been blanketed by snow while central and...
ERS says 2023 food price increases will slow
Food prices took a significant jump in 2022. At the USDA?s Ag Outlook Forum, Spiro Stefanu, administrator of the Economic Research Service, said the spike was the largest in several decades.?In 2022, food prices rose 9.9 percent,? Stefanu said. ?That's the highest...
NCGA announces Neil Caskey as CEO
The National Corn Growers Association Wednesday announced Neil Caskey as its new CEO. Caskey, who serves as NCGA's vice president of communications, will begin the role of CEO Monday, February 27. NCGA President Tom Haag says, "Neil's experience in agriculture is...
Mexico?s second GMO change in a week escalates USMCA concerns
Earlier this week, we talked with Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig about the proposal Mexico had offered to walk back the GMO ban on yellow corn temporarily and ban its growth in only their country. This was met with skepticism and calls that it was still a...
Iowa-based company working on autonomous planter
Agriculture is constantly evolving, and some of the technological innovations are reach brand-new levels. Now, we even have an Iowa-based company working on an autonomous planter, which can help farmers in a variety of ways. David Krog, CEO of Salin 247, said that,...
