Planting Makes Progress Despite Cool and Wet Field Conditions

Some planting progress was made this last week despite continued cool and wet field conditions.  According to the U-S Department…

Iowa Beef Industry Council Names “Iowa’s Best Burger”

Traditionally, at the start of May the Iowa Beef Industry Council names an Iowa restaurant that has been selected as…

Concerns about rising Interest Rates

A House Ag Subcommittee held a hearing yesterday with a number of farm groups. The main focus of this hearing…

Testifying before the House Ag Committee

A number of farm groups testified before the House Ag Subcommittee last week. One of those groups was the National…

Spring Wheat and Sugar Beet Planting moving slower

Spring Wheat Planting is moving a little slower than normal in parts of the Mid-west according to the latest USDA’s…

Crop planting is inching forward, but Soybean planting jumped.

The USDA released their Weekly Crop Progress and Conditions Report late Monday Afternoon. The report is indicating Corn Planting increased…

Food Prices show signs of declining

The price of food this year will generally be higher than last year, but not by as much as officials…

USDA Releases Weekly Crop Progress Report

The USDA Released their Weekly Crop Progress and Conditions Report with many watching the condition of the Winter Wheat Crop…

EPA issues Emergency Fuel Waiver for E15 Sales

The EPA announced their ruling allowing the sale of E15 Ethanol at the pumps this summer, which is a big…

E15 Fuel Sale restrictions waived this summer

The EPA announced on Friday it will again waive restrictions and allow summertime sales of fuels blended with fifteen percent…