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Farmers feeling the fertilizer price squeeze
Farm groups are warning the White House that the tariff war is making already high fertilizer prices worse. That’s making it harder for farmers to afford to plant their typical amounts of corn, soybeans, and wheat. Politico said ag industry representatives have hesitated to publicly criticize President Trump’s tariff policies, but some have spent recent months quietly lobbying lawmakers and administration officials to ease the impact on fertilizer prices, which can make up over 30 percent of...
Northwest Iowa crop update
We all know that Iowa is known for the bipolar weather and how it differs from town to town. So as the growing season for corn and soybeans is really kicking off for the state of Iowa, we are starting to see a difference in conditions from not only county to county,...
U.S. Export Sales Report (6-24-22)
This is not the time of year for crazy export sales, and, once again, this week?s report reflected that. Old crop corn performed pretty well, but, otherwise, there wasn?t much to write home about. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride noted that soybean sales...
USTR Tai says tariffs on fertilizer aren?t her responsibility
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the country?s top trade ambassador came before the Senate to answer questions on matters of how we are handling our trade policies.Kansas Senator Jerry Moran asked Ambassador Tai what she planned to do to help alleviate the...
USDA designates three Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used...
Roundtable? More like ?Runaround Table?
This week the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers are wrapping up a series of roundtable discussions with stakeholders in the debate over the return of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. This rule was first instated in the Obama...
Markets are uncertain ahead of June 30 Acreage Report
The USDA will issue its Acreage Report on June 30. Along side that, there is a lot of uncertainty to go around in the changes of planting and markets this season.Account Executive with Bower Trading, Ben Kasch says the markets will be watching the June 30 report...
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U.S. beef exports set annual records as pork finishes strong
U.S. beef exports set annual records for both volume and value in 2022, according to year-end data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports finished lower year-over-year, but export value was the third largest on record,...
Tractor rollovers remain leading cause of fatalities in U.S. agriculture
There have been an untold number of advancements made in agricultural safety since farming first began in the United States. However, tractor rollovers remain a danger in agriculture despite safety measures available that can prevent injuries from tractor...
Senators reintroduce bill to defend cattle producers
Senators Jon Tester, Chuck Grassley, and Mike Rounds reintroduced their ?Meat Packing Special Investigator Act? to fight consolidation and enforce the national anti-trust laws. The bill would create the ?Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters?...
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...
