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USDA details plan to boost fertilizer availability
Fertilizer prices have been a thorn in the side of farmers for several years and the conflict with Iran has only worsened the problem with the strait of Hormuz closure slowing shipping. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins recently announced measures to alleviate some of the strain on U.S. farmers due to high fertilizer costs. She says that U.S. growers need more options and certainty when purchasing fertilizer. Rollins details some of the actions taken by the Trump administration to improve fertilizer...
Farmers remain optimistic about 2024
Many of us are too young to remember or know who the humorist Will Rogers was. However, there is one thing he said that rings true with agriculture producers around the world. “The farmer has to be an optimist otherwise he still wouldn’t be a farmer.” That phrase has...
New soybean fungicide seed treatment boosts farmers confidence and performance
A fungicide seed treatment featuring three distinct modes of action gives farmers expanded yield potential and disease and insect protection all in one product. That is what farmers now have at their disposal with the new LumiTreo fungicide seed treatment from Corteva...
U.S. Export Sales Report (9-8-23)
We’re in the new crop marketing year, but there’s still not too much excitement in the export sales. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride provided an update on the latest numbers. McBride added that we have seen some flash sales, but they’re not as big as we would...
Going out in the field for early harvest advice
Underway, at least partially in some areas, is harvest 2023 in the dryer areas with chopping and even some combining. From 40 to 140 bushels per acre in the same field is one of the reports that Pioneer’s outstanding Field Agronomist Troy Duetmeyer in Northeast Iowa...
Federal reserve releases August summary of current economic conditions
The Federal Reserve released its August Beige Book update, a summary of commentary on current economic conditions from the Fed. The report includes several observations on the U.S. agricultural economy. Drought was affecting several of the Fed’s districts across the...
EPA extends herbicide proposal comment period
We have talked on more than one occasion about speaking up for your industry. This comes in many forms. Yesterday, Andy talked about telling the story of agriculture and putting your face to the story. We have also talked about speaking up when you see misinformation...
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Navigating to Farm Progress Show in 2024 just got easier
Each year the Farm Progress Show changes locations from Decatur Illinois to the show site in Boone Iowa, with Illinois hosting in odd-numbered years and Iowa in even-numbered years. The Farm Progress Show returns to Boone this August and will be held Tuesday August...
Celebrating Agriculture in Eastern Iowa
The vital role all involved in eastern Iowa agriculture play in regard to creating an affordable, safe and reliable food supply and driving local economies on display recently at the Jones County Beef Banquet. Each year for the past 85 years, the Eastern Iowa...
NPPC applauds USDA purchase of more pork for nutrition programs
Using funds from its Commodity Credit Corporation, the Department of Agriculture is purchasing an additional 33.5 million pounds of pork — worth more than $78.6 million — for distribution to various food nutrition and assistance programs. Earlier this year, USDA...
FMC Adastrio™ Fungicide offers three modes of action
Crop protection is a bigger business than the crops themselves. We are dependent on nothing more throughout the growing season. We worry about yield robbers like pests and weeds. Those other life forms survive by targeting our crops, and therefore our profits. And...
Iowa Pork makes donation for “Sack Hunger” campaign
On Tuesday, March 19th, the first day of spring and National Ag Day, the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) donated 4,200 pounds of ground pork to the Food Bank of Iowa in Des Moines. This donation was made in conjunction with the “Sack Hunger” partnership with...
