Working to Improve Trade Relationships

The USDA is working to improve our Trade Relationships with our trading partners; one of those trade partners is Japan.…

Crafting the Farm Bill.

Work has been going on with the crafting of a New Farm Bill; but as we know that work has…

Smoke from Canada

Smoke from the Canadian Wildfires are still causing air quality problems for those south of the boarder.

Watching South America’s Soybean Crop

The USDA released their latest information regarding the South American Soybean Crop and how it will impact the Global Market…

The USDA makes more Investments

The USDA makes more investments in Rural Broadband projects helping our Midwest Rural Producers get better Broadband Service.

Dealing with the EPA

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley held a news conference yesterday and the main topic was dealing with the EPA, Biofuels and…

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…