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Secretary Naig announces investments in 14 urban water quality projects
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will invest in 14 urban water quality projects within communities of all sizes across the state. Secretary Naig made the announcement with city leaders from Davenport at an event at Goose Creek Park, the location of one of the new water quality projects. Utilizing funding from the state’s Water Quality Initiative (WQI) and other sources, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and...
Lower Mississippi River still dealing with low water issues
With the drier weather that persisted over the past few years, and with historically low snowpacks this winter, the Mississippi River is not going to be returning to more normal levels anytime soon. This is especially true in the lower regions of the river system,...
Drone scouting provides unprecedented access to field data
Spring planting is right around the corner, which acts as an official start to the new crop year. Every year brings the opportunity for improvements upon the previous year, and proper data management and utilization can push sustainability and efficiency even further...
Farm groups urging Senate to pass tax relief legislation
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act passed in the House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support, so the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and a coalition of agricultural groups are asking the Senate to pass it as well. AFBF government...
Grassley airs concerns for final GREET model for SAF feedstocks
The Energy Department’s emissions model which will decide make-or-break tax credits for Sustainable Aviation Fuel should be released soon. That’s according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan who said last Friday that the model will be...
Secretary Naig seeks proposals for water quality implementation projects
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is now accepting applications for water quality implementation and demonstration projects. Selected projects will help deliver outreach and technical...
Bayer expands their carbon program for 2024
Earlier this year, Bayer announced it would be enhancing and expanding its Bayer Carbon Program to include more crops and states. It all starts with expanded enrollment eligibility to allow for more revenue streams on more farms. Tyler Wiliams is an agronomist in the...
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U.S. Export Sales Report (4-12-24)
On top of the disappointing WASDE report, export sales were not great this week. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride started off his analysis with the corn numbers. While this is the first disappointment we’ve seen in the corn exports in a while, McBride said this...
How El Niño and La Niña patterns will affect the growing season
Farmers Business Network recently released a report detailing how El Niño will impact U.S. farmers this year. This growing season farmers are set to face a unique combination of El Niño in the spring and early summer and then a transition to La Niña conditions in the...
End of July Cattle Report will hurt beef industry
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently announced it will no longer issue the July Cattle Report. Additionally, the agency is discontinuing the county estimates for crops and livestock and the Cotton Objective Yield Survey starting in the...
U.S. ethanol industry comments on Brazilian ethanol tariffs
The U.S. Grains Council, Growth Energy, and the Renewable Fuels Association jointly submitted comments to the Brazilian Chamber of Foreign Trade regarding the Brazilian tariff on imported U.S. ethanol. In October 2023, Brazil’s association of fuel importers formally...
Pork producers cautious but optimistic
The pork industry has been dealing with a lot of headwinds as we end the first third of 2024. While prices are going a little higher, consistency has been an issue. Markets have seen many radical shifts, many of which have not been good. However, uncertainty has not...