NCBA Official Sees President’s Meeting With Japan’s Leaders Positive

President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet face to face with Japan’s Prime Minister and other Japanese officials next month…

Animal Ag Alliance Monitoring Plan To Add Intelligence Division To The USDA

The Animal Ag Alliance is busy monitoring federal and state legislative proposals currently under consideration. Hannah Thompson Weeman with the…

Minnesota Soybean Group Tracking Several State Legislative Measures

The Minnesota Soybean Grower’s Association is tracking several pieces of legislation working its way through the state legislature. Association Executive…

Corn Growers President Says South Dakota Legislative Session A Positive One

The South Dakota Legislature completed the main run of its 2021 session last week and it was a positive one…

Farm Program Signup Deadline Approaching

The deadline for farmers to make their farm program elections for the 2021 growing season is March 15. Tyler Leighton…

Farmers Union Groups Donate $50,000 To Feed National Guard Troops In DC

The Farmers Union Enterprises made up of Upper Midwest Farmers Union organizations are donating $50,000 to help feed National Guard…

NCBA Pleased With Confirmation Of Michael Regan To Head EPA

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Michael Regan as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Chief Environmental…

South Dakota Specialty Producers Disappointed Financial Responsibility Bill Defeated

A bill supported by specialty crop and organic growers and beekeepers as well as conventional growers was defeated in the…

Iowa Legislature Reaches First Funnel Deadline

Iowa State lawmakers have reached the first funnel deadline for the 2021 session where bills must be out of committee…

DRA Considering Next Step Following Failure To Stop Ag DENR Merger

Dakota Rural Action, one of the groups that opposed the merger of the South Dakota Department of Agriculture with the…