Farm Group Economist Says Transfer Tax Worse Than Estate Tax For Agriculture

Nebraska Farm Bureau members are concerned with the tax direction the Biden Administration is taking with an increase proposed for…

IFU President Says NOAA Report On Nitrogen Runoff From Dead Zone Is Alarming

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its annual measurement of the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone. According to…

NAWG CEO Says Senate Ag Funding Bill With Disaster Aid Positive

The Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee has advanced the nearly $26 billion fiscal year 2022 legislation for the Agriculture Department. Included…

NBB Launches Ad Campaign To Counter Attacks Against The RFS

The National Biodiesel Board is in the process of battling several attacks against the Renewable Fuel Standard from the oil…

Grasshopper Infestations Adding To Drought Woes In North Dakota

Drought woes are intensifying in North Dakota with the dry conditions, extremely hot temperatures and now grasshoppers adding to the…

Senators Introducing Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act Bill

Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Roger Marshall of Kansas will be introducing legislation this week to push back against…

NCBA Opposing Activists Move To Re List Gray Wolves On ESA

A Coalition of Activist Groups have filed a formal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to re-list the…

Nebraska Cattle Group Files Comments With Ag Sub Committee

The Nebraska Cattlemen Association filed comments with the U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture as they held…

Farmers Union Committee Sets Policy Proposals

The Policy committee of the South Dakota Farmers Union met last month and came up with policy proposals for its…

Pork Industry To Continue Fighting Prop 12 In Court And Legislatively

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has turned down the challenge to California’s Proposition 12 from the National Pork Producers…