by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 15, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Farming has been adaptive as long as people have been putting seeds into the ground. It is how we become better at what we do. If we didn?t change with the times, we wouldn?t have the production capacity that we do. As we move along in the first quarter of the 21st...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 14, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It is that time of the year when organizations are voting in new leadership for the coming year. The United Soybean Board (USB) is no different. The organization, which is tasked with managing the soybean checkoff, recently held its elections for leadership on the...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 11, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It might just be the random thoughts of a now middle-aged man, who does not feel middle-aged at all, but as I looked at starting this topic of agricultural trade, I thought of something interesting. Something that I had not really thought of before. Then again, maybe...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 10, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Montana Democrat John Tester sponsored a bill, earlier this year, aimed at addressing the suicide rates among farmers and those involved in agriculture. The measure called the Seeding Rural Resilience Act is now awaiting...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Dec 9, 2020 | 5 Ag Stories, News
There has been a whirlwind of speculation and endorsements surrounding who President-Elect Joe Biden would select as his Secretary of Agriculture. Some of the names thrown about included outgoing House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN 7th) and Congresswoman...