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EPA accepts atrazine recommendations

EPA accepts atrazine recommendations

The Environmental Protection Agency agreed with recommendations from its Scientific Advisory Panel on atrazine. The recommendations remove several poor-quality studies that played a role in the agency’s recommendation for an ultra-low aquatic level of concern for atrazine. The SAP was held in 2023 at the request of agriculture groups active in the Triazine Network. The panel considered EPA’s white paper and stakeholder comments to exclude or rescore several questionable studies used to set the...

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U.S. Soy Excellence Center educating global users of American soy

U.S. Soy Excellence Center educating global users of American soy

A large part of growing demand for our agriculture products must come from educating our end users about the things they can do with our products and why our products are the industry standards for quality products. The U.S. Soybean Export Council has long been at the...

What to expect in Thursday’s prospective plantings report

What to expect in Thursday’s prospective plantings report

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service will release the 2024 prospective plantings report on Thursday March 28th. The report provides the official USDA survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers' planting intentions for the year. NASS mailed the survey in late...

Farm bank lending increased in 2023

Farm bank lending increased in 2023

Agricultural loan demand increased in 2023, and agricultural lending by U.S. farm banks grew 6.7 percent to $110 billion. The American Bankers Association’s annual Farm Bank Performance Report credits elevated production costs, commodity price volatility, and a return...

South American Weather and Crop Update (3-26-24)

South American Weather and Crop Update (3-26-24)

Argentina is still dealing with crop concerns from the amount of rain they’ve gotten as of late. Even with that rain, though, dryness is still looming over South America. Allendale commodity broker Greg McBride gave an update on the latest weather conditions in Brazil...

Vibrant market for U.S. red meat in South Korea

Vibrant market for U.S. red meat in South Korea

An agribusiness trade mission organized by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is underway in Seoul, South Korea, led by Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor. The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) helped coordinate the...

Naig gives update on legislative efforts for agriculture

Naig gives update on legislative efforts for agriculture

As the state house gets ready to wind down for the year, and tractors and farms get ready to wind up, we have decided to take a look at a few of the initiatives that the Iowa government looked at concerning agriculture policy. Two of those come right to the forefront,...

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Iowa farm goes for almost $4 million

Iowa farm goes for almost $4 million

A 230-acre farm in Grundy County, Iowa, owned continually by the same family since plows first turned ground in the prairies in the 1870s, sold at a recent auction for almost four million dollars. Successful Farming says the Iowa century farm is historically...

Farm bank lending increased in 2023

Farm bank lending increased in 2023

Agricultural loan demand increased in 2023, and agricultural lending by U.S. farm banks grew 6.7 percent to $110 billion. The American Bankers Association’s annual Farm Bank Performance Report credits elevated production costs, commodity price volatility, and a return...