Ag Officials Give Growers Advice On Vera Sun Letter
Growers who sold grain to VeraSun and received payments in the 90 days prior to the company's bankruptcy filing on October 31, 2008, may have received letters asking for repayment of funds.
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Czech Company Signs Agreement For Ag Tire Plant In Iowa
Czech based CGS Tyres will be building a production facility in Charles City, Iowa , to produce agricultural tires starting January 1, 2012.
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South Dakota Congresswoman Says Farm Economy Is Recovering
Net farm income and net cash income after dropping last year have rebounded this year according to a pair of USDA reports released Tuesday.
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IFU President Re-elected Says Delegates Want Competition Reform
Iowa Farmers Union Delegates re-elected Chris Petersen as their state President this past weekend at their convention in Marshalltown.
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South Dakota Wind Official Hopeful National Standard Gets In Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he’s willing to include renewable electricity standards in an energy bill the Senate could take up later this year.
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Ag Exhibitors And Participation Up For Nebraska State Fair
The move this year to Grand Island from Lincoln has proved to be a positive one for Nebraska State Fair officials as 4H and FFA numbers are up from past years.
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Japanese Flour Milling Group Looking At North Dakota Spring Wheat
The North Dakota Wheat Commission is hosting a flour milling team from Japan this week….their number one wheat customer.
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Minnesota Honey Producers Want National Standard For Honey
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and several of the state’s honey producers gathered at the state fair Monday to talk about problems with China dumping honey into the United States, dodging duties and undercutting America’s producers.
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Most Of Beef Packing Plant Lien Holders Reach Settlement Deal
Most of the lien holders of the Northern Beef Packing Plant in Aberdeen have reached a settlement agreement.
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Iowa Ag Department Inspector To Check Wright County Egg Mill
An Iowa State Department of Agriculture Inspector will be checking records at Wright County Egg farm, one of the facilities being investigated by FDA in the egg recall linked to salmonella that sickened almost 2400 people.
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Syngenta Agronomist Touts New Corn Insect Product At Field Day
A new corn insect control product has received federal approval and will be ready for growers to use during the 2011 planting season.
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Grain And Feed Official Hoping Harvest Won't Stall Due To Wet Weather
Grain industry officials are hoping to avoid a major storage and transportation issues as this year’s record 17 billion bushel row crop harvest comes to market.
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USB Marketing Chair Says Survey Helps Growers With Foreign Markets
An annual U.S. soybean quality survey conducted by the United Soybean Board is an important tool in retaining and gaining international market share.
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South Dakota Wind Partners Closer To Their Fundraising Goal
South Dakota Wind Partners, a group of local investors involved in a wind project planned for eastern South Dakota, are closer to their $16 million dollar fundraising goal.
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Iowa Senator Says New Food Rules Should Protect Consumers
Despite the recent outbreak of salmonella in eggs, new federal food safety rules that went into effect in July should be enough to protect consumers from future outbreaks.
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MinWind Officials Meet With Senator Al Franken In Luverne
MinWind energy officials met with Minnesota Senator Al Franken on Monday.
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ICA Working Hard To Help Producers Comply With Water Act
Recently eight northwest Iowa cattle operators were cited by EPA for failure to comply with the Clean Water Act including many which had no discharge permits.
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Iowa State Fair Sales Of Champions Breaks Records
The Iowa State Fair’s Sale of Champions held on Saturday broke several records.
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Entries Still Coming In South Dakota Soybean Yield Contest
Friday was the deadline for entries in the South Dakota Soybean Association’s first ever yield contest.
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Minnesota Farm Bureau PAC Endorses State Candidates
The 14 member Minnesota Farm Bureau Political Action Committee met recently and endorsed 23 State Senate and 55 State House candidates for November's general election.
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