South Dakota Pork President Says It’ll Take Time To Get Processing Up To Full Speed

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds wrote to President Trump urging the administration to take additional steps to address the food…

Spring Wheat Planting In South Dakota Is Going Well

Spring Wheat planting in South Dakota while behind the five year average is going well so far in the state.…

Farm Bureau Backs Lifting Caps On COVID 19 Relief Aid

This week, a bipartisan group of Senators asked President Donald Trump to lift the caps on the direct coronavirus relief…

President Signs Executive Order On Processing

President Trump signed an Executive Order Tuesday declaring meatpacking plants as “critical infrastructure” under the Defense Production Act. The order…

Minnesota Board Of Animal Health Helping Producers Deal With Disposal Issues

The Coronavirus pandemic has created some packing plant shutdowns. Some pork producers have had to euthanize their animals. Minnesota State…

American Coalition For Ethanol Asking The President For Aid For Ethanol Industry

The American Coalition for Ethanol wants President Donald Trump to initiate a plan to aid ethanol producers struggling to survive…

NPPC Wants Fixes To SBA’s PPP Program

The National Pork Producers Council says the Small Business Administration needs to remove a restriction contained in their Payment Protection…

Minnesota Ag Department Helping Processors And Producers With Pandemic Challenges

The Minnesota State Agriculture Department is helping livestock producers and processors address current challenges caused by the COVID 19 pandemic.…

ICON President Pleased Governor Wants To Keep Processing Plants Operating

Nebraska Agriculture groups are hailing Governor Pete Ricketts for his stance in working to keep meat processing plants open in…

Iowa Soybean President Says Quicker China Buys Soybeans The Better

China is looking to purchase up to 30 million tons of crops from the U.S. to help rebuild state stockpiles.…