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Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he expects the Trump White House to release the new EPA Waters of the U.S. rule this week. The new rule, that Grassley refers to as a fulfilled promise from [Read More…]

The USDA says additional funds in the 2018 Farm Bill earmarked to improve livestock disease prevention efforts are being put to work. Dr. Sarah Tomlinson with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says the [Read More…]

Pork and chicken in cold storage finished last year at all-time highs. The USDA says pork supplies were 580.904 million pounds, an increase of 15% on the year with record production exceeding anticipated demand, and [Read More…]

American Soybean Association CEO Ryan Findlay says soybean farmers should be pleased with the phase one trade agreement with China. “I think what we need to thankful for is the language that is in the [Read More…]

Commentary. When I learned that the Golden Globes, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, would be serving a vegan meal to the thirteen hundred attendees, I immediately though of a friend’s [Read More…]

The biodiesel industry is pushing for policy certainty with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Chad Stone, with the Renewable Energy Group, is the newly elected chairman of the National Biodiesel Board. He says the National Biodiesel [Read More…]

Minnesota is once again looking to take the lead on renewable fuels. Harold Wolle, a board director for both the Minnesota Corn Growers and National Corn Growers Associations, says MCGA is launching the Better Fuel [Read More…]

Farmers are looking ahead to the 2020 growing season and the majority of them are glad 2019 is behind them. In this Managing for Profit Bayer’s Ty Witten will take a look at what farmers [Read More…]

Growth in the biodiesel industry continues to give soybean farmers certainty. Greg Anderson, a board member for the National Biodiesel Board, says more feedstock is needed because of the growth in the industry and soybean [Read More…]

Farmers need to be aware of what elevated stress is doing to their health. “There’s kind of a heavy set of factors that are impacting people and elevating stress levels,” says Sean Brotherson, a family [Read More…]

The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council is reaching young people through the Simon the Soybean activity books. Tom Steever spoke to Christine Tew, Communications Director, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, who says the eight-page book of puzzles, [Read More…]

Minnesota Farm Bureau’s Post-Secondary Ag Educator of the Year says it’s important to have strong relationships with agribusinesses. Kim Lippert, who recently retired as ag department chair of Ridgewater College in Willmar, tells Brownfield instructors [Read More…]

Mar. corn closed at $3.87 and 1/2, down 1 and 3/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $9.16, down 13 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $299.10, down $1.50Mar. soybean oil closed at 32.75, down 60 [Read More…]

Brazil’s soybean harvest is off to a slower start than last year. “In Brazil, the soybeans are 1.8 percent harvested–last year, it was six percent–so it’s off to a slow start,” says grain marketing consultant [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, giving back Friday’s gains and then some. Beans continue to wait for some solid sign of increased buying interest from China under Phase One of the trade [Read More…]

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Ag Secretary Perdue says farmers WILL be getting more Market Facilitation Program payments soon.  Perdue confirmed what President Trump told Farm Bureau members Sunday night that the payments are forthcoming, “The third tranche is assured. [Read More…]

State Farm Bureau leaders say there’s much to look forward to now that strides have been made on major trade issues. A year ago, Farm Bureau delegates were talking about the need for Congress to [Read More…]

An ag economist says the new China trade agreement is a good deal for agriculture, but it won’t have an instant impact on commodity prices. Brenda Boetel with the University of Wisconsin River Falls tells [Read More…]