Strong U.S. Dollar slows U.S. Exports

The strong U.S. Dollar has been curbing our U.S. Exports, but it’s been boosting our Imports from the competing World…

More talk about Federal Milk Marketing Orders

Today we are talking about the purpose of Federal Milk Marketing Orders and how it affects Ag Commodities, especially for…

An Update on Prop 12

During World Pork Expo, there was a lot of talk about Prop 12 and chatter about what steps need to…

An Update on the U.S. Crop Conditions

The USDA released their Weekly Crop Conditions Report late Monday Afternoon indicating 61% of the U.S. Corn Crop is in…

An Update on the Winter Wheat Crop

Has the recent rain activity in the Winter Wheat Growing Region help improve and increase the Wheat Production numbers?

Getting Reaction from the latest Trade Trip

Trade Missions are important for U.S. Trade. I talked with the USDA’s Under Secretary of Trade and Foreign Ag Affairs,…

Lawmakers review the Farm Bill

Crafting a New Farm Bill and getting reaction to the needs of that Farm Bill continue to be a topic…

Focusing on Crop Conditions

The USDA will be releasing their updated Crop Conditions report later this afternoon (Monday) and the markets will be watching…

Topics at World Pork Expo

The World Pork Expo was held in Des Moines last week with many Ag Issues talked about; one of which,…

Funding the Farm Bill

Now that the Debt Ceiling talks have been completed and shouldn’t be dealt with for the next 5 years; there’s…