Nebraska Ag Land Values Rise For First Time Since 2014

According to final results of the University of Nebraska Lincoln 2020 Farm Real Estate Report, agricultural land values in Nebraska…

Cattle Group Disappointed Petition Drive Started Asking For Checkoff Referendum

A petition drive has been launched by a coalition of cattle groups calling for a referendum to be held on…

Petition Drive Started Asking For Referendum On The Beef Checkoff

A coalition of U.S. cattle producers, farm and ranch groups led by the South Dakota Livestock Auction Markets Association has…

United States Starts Free Trade Discussions With Kenya

The United States and Kenya began free trade negotiations this week. Steve Mercer with U.S. Wheat Associates says if a…

Farm Bureau President Sees Some Positives In House Ag Appropriations Bill

The House Agriculture Appropriations sub-committee has approved the fiscal year 2021 agricultural appropriations bill without adding any amendments. South Dakota…

South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Backs RAMP Up Legislation

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota along with several other of his colleagues have introduced the Requiring Assistance…

Pork Leader Pleased USDA Makes Initial FMD Vaccine Purchase

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has taken a critical step in modernizing Foot and Mouth Disease preparedness through its initial…

Dairy Group President Says It’s Helpful DMC Triggered In May

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has announced that Dairy Margin Coverage Insurance payments were triggered in May.…

Nebraska Farmer Pleased Supreme Court Rules Against Keystone XL Project

The United States Supreme Court has handed down another setback to the Keystone XL pipeline project. It kept in place…

ASA Calls On EPA To Reject Retroactive SRE Waiver Requests

The American Soybean Association has written to the EPA administrator asking him to reject the 52 small refiner waiver requests…