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USDA and DOJ sign MOU to study rising farm input costs
USDA and the United States Department of Justice have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to study issues connected to rising farm input prices and their impacts on producers. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the initiative on Thursday. Secretary Rollins made her comments at the Agri-Pulse Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City. She says that USDA will work with the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. That was United States Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins.
Pro athletes buying Iowa farmland
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and longtime NBA player Blake Griffin are among some of the big-name athletes who are investing in Iowa farmland. They?ve joined up with more than 20 other pro athletes from the NFL, NHL, the NBA, and Major League Baseball to...
Fertilizer prices will be slow to come down
It feels like farming is becoming like predicting the weather. We are trying to figure out weather patterns, marketing for prices that will be doing only God knows what in nine months, and trying to figure out what it is going to cost to grow that crop each year.With...
Iowa Biodiesel Board urges EPA to reconsider proposed RFS rule
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing on the proposed Renewable Fuel Standards rule for 2023, 2024, and 2025. While the ethanol numbers provided relief to the renewable fuels industry, the biodiesel volumes were disappointing news....
American Farm Bureau Federation sets 2023 priorities
The American Farm Bureau Federation wrapped up its annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, setting policy objectives the organization wants to see accomplished in 2023. Sam Kieffer, AFBF Vice President of Public Policy, says the next farm bill was one of the top...
Iowa, home to the nation’s premier land conference
The 2023 Land Investment Expo was held in Des Moines on Tuesday at the Iowa Events Center. The expo is considered the nation?s premier land conference and is held annually in Iowa?s capital city. Eric O?Keefe is the founding editor of The Land Report magazine which...
ARC or PLC?
It?s that time of year when farmers are making their selections for which program they are going to use to keep their operations protected for the 2023 growing season. The Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs are the two key...
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Administration officials voice tentative support to restrict foreign ownership of farmland
Biden administration officials expressed tentative support for efforts in Congress to restrict ownership of U.S. farmland by foreign adversaries during a recent hearing of the House Select Committee on U.S.-Chinese Communist Party Competition.State, Defense, and...
Grain indemnity assessments will begin September 1st
It’s hard to believe we are just a month away from September and getting the itch to harvest our crops in the state of Iowa. As we get ever closer to the harvest, the Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship reminds farmers that they will be starting the...
Legislation would target farm payments where needed most
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced legislation to rein in abuse of the farm payment system and ensure support goes to those actively engaged in farming. The “Farm Program Integrity Act” would create a hard cap of $250,000 in total...
Nomination period for FSA county committee elections ends August 1st
The Farm Service Agency nomination period for county committee elections closes on August 1st.Farm Service Agency county committees are a crucial part of the day-to-day operations of FSA and allow grassroots input and location administration of federal farm programs....
Food Bank of Iowa serves record number in FY2023
DES MOINES, Iowa — Food Bank of Iowa ended fiscal year 2023 breaking every record in its 41-year history.Across the 55 counties it serves, Food Bank of Iowa distributed 21 million pounds of food, or the equivalent of 17.5 million meals. The number of pounds is an...
