2021 Beef Export Outlook Optimistic Post Covid

U.S. beef exports were down 5.5-percent in 2020 due to supply chain and food service constraints tied to COVID. However,…

Planting Slowed With Cold Weather

Row crop planting efforts in the region have been slowed with the recent rain and cold weather, but there is…

Biofuels Expansion Driving Global Veg Oil Market

The global push to make renewable biodiesel part of the solution to climate change is driving soybean oil prices to…

NPPC Legislation Action Conference Focuses on Trade, FAD and Ag Labor

The nation’s pork producers outlined their top legislative priorities during this week’s National Pork Producers Council Legislative Action Conference. Minnesota…

Iowa Leads the Nation for the Worst Bridges

A recent report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association shows 36-percent or 220,000 U.S. bridges need to be…

SDPPC Leader Refutes Smithfield Worker Protection Criticism

A little more than a year after Smithfield Foods closed the Sioux Falls pork plant due to COVID, the industry…

Reminder of Dicamba Application Changes in Counties with Endangered Species

Buffer requirements for dicamba applications are both larger and more complex this year, a reminder to farmers as they start…

NCBA Encouraged by Bill to Prohibit Meat Bans at Federal Agencies

Senators Joni Ernst of Iowa and Roger Marshall of Kansas have introduced legislation that would prohibit federal agencies from enacting…

ND Stockgrowers Watching Ag Bills as Legislature Winds Down

North Dakota State lawmakers have completed 65 days of their 80-day session. North Dakota Stockmen’s Association Executive Vice President Julie…

Farmers Consider Next Step in Quest for Right to Farm

Yankton County, South Dakota residents are evaluating the possibility of adopting a Right to Farm covenant. They learned what protections…