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FBI partners with agriculture to defend food supply
Protecting the nation’s food supply is a critical part of national security. While the likelihood of a bioterrorism attack on American agriculture may be low, the stakes are extraordinarily high. An intentional strike against crops or livestock would not only threaten the safety and availability of food here at home but also disrupt the global marketplace that depends on U.S. agricultural exports. From grocery store shelves to international shipping lanes, the ripple effects of such an event...
AFBF disappointed in first WOTUS roundtable
The Environmental Protection Agency?s first WOTUS roundtable Monday didn?t address farmers need for clear rules, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Courtney Briggs, AFBF senior director of government affairs, said the first roundtable lacked diversity...
Roadway safety considerations for farm equipment operators
Warmer temperatures and drier conditions are in the forecast and farmers will soon be in the fields in full-force. That means more equipment will be on the roadways in the coming days.Moving farm equipment on public roads can be a dangerous activity. Farm operators...
Recent weather extremes could mark end of an 89-year cycle
There is no doubt that the past couple of years has shown us some wacky weather. Now, there are many arguments about what this all means. Is it temporary? Is it permanent climate change? How long before we see any kind of possible recovery or change? We could discuss...
FarmLend is expanding online services
FarmLend.com is a website dedicated to offering the convenience of being able to make applications for land loans through an online resource. It has seen large expansion, nearly tripling its footprint to twenty-eight states. This is giving farmers a fast track to...
Delaro brands offer disease control options for your operation
Planters are hitting the fields in force across the cornbelt as Mother Nature gave us one day of spring and then moved us straight into summer. Be that as it may, now is the time to get the crops in the field. It is also the time to be making early plans for how you...
Grassley and Klobuchar lead push for additional HPAI funding
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led their colleagues in a bipartisan push for more funding to help address the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak. As of Friday, the HPAI outbreak...
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South American conditions look to hold for the near future
Last week, we looked at how the American weather models were shaping up as we head into the winter. Our concerns are mostly with replenishing water in our soils. We aren?t only paying attention to the weather in the United States. In South American production areas,...
Ethanol production hits lowest level since 2020
The Energy Information Administration says ethanol output dropped to the lowest level in more than two years, while inventories were down slightly during the last week of 2022. Production dropped to an average of 844,000 barrels per day. That?s down from 963,000...
Opening Market Podcast – Greg McBride Allendale 1-9-23
U.S. Export Sales Report (1-6-23)
There wasn?t anything extravagant in the first export sales report of 2023. Corn was slightly bearish to neutral, while soybeans had a somewhat favorable report. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an analysis of the latest U.S. Export Sales...
New WOTUS rule could push input costs even higher
Reaction from agriculture groups across the country to the Environmental Protection Agency?s new Waters of the U.S. rule has largely been negative.Critics say that the new rule still leaves a lot of uncertainty and unanswered questions. In addition, the new rule could...
