by Dustin Hoffmann | Mar 1, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Yesterday, we talked with Pat Swanson of the Iowa Soybean Association about the wish list they were bringing to the policy meetings on Saturday at Commodity Classic. Today, we are looking at what is important to the Iowa Corn Growers Association (ICGA). Jolene Riessen...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 29, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Commodity Classic is so much more than the trade show that sees all kinds of technology unveiled to the farmers of the United States. More importantly, it is the time that delegates from across the United States come together to set the policy that their respective...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 28, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Last week Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig embarked on a trade trip to Mexico. Our southern neighbor is one of our most important trading partners in the world. We must keep the dialogue open through the agreements and the disputes that we have with each other. We must...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 27, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
It only took the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) five or six hundred days passed their deadline to rule on an application of bipartisan Midwest governors, led by Iowa’s Kim Reynolds to let them use a provision under the Clean Air Act to allow these states to use...
by Dustin Hoffmann | Feb 26, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
As we look to open up new trade options around the globe, we are also looking at opening doors with former trade partners that have been estranged for political reasons for some time. Recently a delegation from the National Association of State Departments of...