by Mark Magnuson | Jan 10, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Senate Ag Committee member United States Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) thinks 2024 could be a turbulent year ahead for the farm and spending bills. In 2023 Senator Chuck Grassley accurately predicted the one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill, and now he says that...
by Mark Magnuson | Jan 9, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
A deal for overall spending in 2024 has improved the outlook of avoiding the first of two government shutdown deadlines, with individual spending for the USDA and other key departments still to be completed. The deal largely gives Democrats the domestic and defense...
by Mark Magnuson | Jan 8, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
High yield numbers are the goal of every farmer who wants to give themselves the best chance to turn a profit and chalk up another successful growing season. However, just because harvest is over, and grain is in the bins doesn’t mean the work of protecting that grain...
by Mark Magnuson | Jan 5, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Livestock Risk Management products are in high demand, showing “astronomical” growth, according to USDA’s Risk Management Agency Administrator Marcia Bunger. Bunger tells the National Cattlemen’s Beltway Beef podcast that insurance products like Livestock Risk...
by Mark Magnuson | Jan 4, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Science and technology continues to allow agriculture to make the leaps and bounds necessary to feed an expanding world population. One area of agribusiness that has grown exponentially is the biological space which has added potential benefits for growers with an...