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Farm Bureau leader sounds alarm on fertilizer prices
As planting season is in full swing across the country, fertilizer prices are burdening farmers and ranchers. Kentucky Farm Bureau president Eddie Melton spoke to the Senate ag committee Tuesday and expressed his concerns. Melton said there are actions Congress can take to address the matter. Melton added that it’s important for farmers and ranchers to advocate for themselves with lawmakers and make their voices heard. For more information, visit fb.org.
Lower corn price pressuring farmers
The University of Illinois Farm Policy News website says the price of corn recently hit a three-year low mark. Supplies from Brazil and the U.S. surged while demand stagnated because of the high prices. Corn has traded around $4.50 a bushel recently after reaching...
Bankers are going to bat for farmers over the Farm Bill
A disaster was narrowly averted over the Farm Bill when Congress decided to extend the 2018 for another year. The biggest piece of agriculture and food security legislation is in desperate need of modernizing. Because of this, Congressional members started preparing...
New gene discovery will help combat SCN
Four years of research from a team of scientists at the University of Missouri, the University of Georgia, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has led to the discovery of a new gene- GmSNAP02- that the soybean industry will be able to use to combat...
SAF powers first trans-Atlantic flight
It was a first for sustainable aviation fuel this week as a 100 percent SAF trans-Atlantic test flight flew from London to New York. Virgin Atlantic says its flight to New York’s JFK International Airport was powered by fuel from plant sugars and waste fats and...
A bright spot for 2023 Iowa farm incomes
Finding some optimism on 2023 farm incomes as USDA has revised upwards their most recent estimates. Danny Munch, an economist with the American Farm Bureau, says the picture is a little brighter than the August predictions: “In the August reports, USDA forecasted...
Court filing on year-round E15 in the Midwest
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed a motion for summary judgment regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to respond to a request to sell year-round E15 in Midwest states. Iowa and six other states filed an opt-out request that would allow them to...
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Bayer applies for EPA label on low volatility dicamba
The dicamba battle has been raging for years. Court case after court case has been heard to determine the product's status. Farmers have come to depend on the product as a tool they can use on stubborn weeds. In February a federal court ordered a halt to the use of...
American agriculture is an “export powerhouse”
While the debate continues in Washington D.C. over whether the Biden administration should be doing more to create new trade opportunities, one fact remains. It’s no secret in U.S. agriculture how valuable trade is to multiple sectors. Daniel Whitley, administrator of...
South American Weather and Crop Update (5-29-24)
The weather forecast in South America has opened up and is now very dry for the next couple of weeks. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest conditions. Harvest in Brazil is mostly wrapped up, and Argentina is making good progress on...
House Ag Committee makes progress on Farm Bill process
After almost 13 hours, the House Agriculture Committee sent their version of the farm bill from Committee Chair GT Thompson to the full House for a vote. Joe Gilson, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau, says it was quite a process to get the...
HPAI detected in commercial chicken flock in Sioux County
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Sioux County, Iowa. The affected site...
