TOP AG NEWS
Lawmakers Seek Estate Tax Repeal
The estate tax, or “death tax” as many farmers call it, can sometimes force farmers and farm owners to liquidate…
Proposed Duties Could Complicate Spring Fertilizer Price Problem for Farmers
It’s no secret crop fertilizer prices have skyrocketed in recent months along with grain prices. The recent confirmation of duties…
Shoud we Expect a Wild Week for Grain Prices?
Even though the USDA data report released earlier this week typically pales in comparison to the influence on grain prices…
Seeking Supply Chain Transparency, CME Group Launches Boxed Beef Index
As Congress works to pass legislation to create new transparency in the beef marketplace, the CME Group has a new…
“Are You Accounting for Your Family’s Living Expenses in Your Farm Budget? “
Family living expenses may not be one of the first line-items you think of when considering your farm’s budget, but…
Rain and Snow Chances Rise as Systems Sweep the U.S. — Forecaster
A line of early-spring thunderstorms rolling through the Midwest, much-needed snowfall in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California and expectations…
China Shipments Offer Cautious Ethanol Optimism
Recent news that barges carrying U.S. ethanol were bound for China brought a new sense of optimism to the embattled…
Former USDA Leader Turns to Climate, Conservation
Bill Northey’s a recognized agricultural leader in Iowa and around the country, and now that his term as USDA Undersecretary…
WASDE Data Shows Corn, Soybean Stocks Unchanged, Attention Turns to Planting Numbers
The March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report each year is typically a quiet one as the market…
House Takes Up Ag Labor Legislation Again
Though it was first passed by the house in December 2019, the Farm Workhouse Modernization Act was reintroduced last week…