by Mark Magnuson | Apr 5, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
At a time of declining farm income, fuel and electricity costs are climbing once again. Unleaded gasoline averaged $3.54 a gallon nationally last week, that is up 14 percent from the start of the year. The national diesel price averaged $4. As planting season...
by Mark Magnuson | Apr 4, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
The clock is ticking, and time is running out for the Biden EPA to decide on a summertime E15 waiver which would allow for summer sales at the pump. A waiver is needed for sales of E15 to be allowed this summer, before a more permanent rule allowing for E15 sales goes...
by Mark Magnuson | Apr 3, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
Dan English, the general manager of FBN finance, tells the IARN that Farmers Business Network recently eclipsed the $1 billion dollar mark in operating lines financed. English says the $1 billion dollar figure shows a level of trust and confidence between farmers and...
by Mark Magnuson | Apr 2, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
On Monday a Texas dairy worker tested positive for avian flu after contracting the illness that has sickened dairy cattle across several U.S. states. The human case follows recent cow infections in Texas, Idaho, Michigan and New Mexico. The virus appears to have been...
by Mark Magnuson | Apr 2, 2024 | 5 Ag Stories, News
At the Advanced Bioeconomy Conference in Washington, D.C., the National Corn Growers Association sponsored a special session on renewable chemicals and other materials. The session outlined the national incentive for biobased chemicals and renewable materials that...