Grassley Concern with Chinese Company Taking Over Syngenta

U-S Senator Chuck Grassley is concerned with China taking over some agricultural companies.  Swiss based Syngenta, makers of crop protection…

More Disaster Funds are on their way

The USDA says that the Ag Disaster programs need to have more built in Flexibilities when it comes to the…

Getting results of Iowa Soybean Trade Trip

The Iowa Soybean Association has returned from a Trade Trip mission to Egypt and Morocco. I visited with Randy Miller,…

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Pressed hard

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack was pressed hard by the House Ag Committee last week in Washington, D.C. We have a…

New Farm Bill needs to include more Livestock Funding

No matter where you go and who you talk to, the New Farm Bill needs to include more funding for…

South Dakota State University Little I show

South Dakota State University held their 100th Anniversary Little International Show and we have a wrap of the successful show.

Minnesota Beef Council Awards Butcher Shop With Beef Backer Award

The Minnesota Beef Council recently named a butcher shop in southeast Minnesota as the 2023 Retail Beef Backer Award.  The…

USDA To Offer Value-Added Grants

The U-S Department of Agriculture Rural Development has announced the availability of approximately $31 million in funding for projects as…

Ernst Supports Rollback on Biden’s Water Ruling

U-S Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) supported a bipartisan effort to overturn the Biden administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS)…

Feenstra Introduces Legislation to Double Funding For Ag Research

U-S Representatives Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) and Jimmy Panetta (D-California) introduced legislation – the Advancing Cutting Edge Agriculture Act – to…