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2019-2020 Farm Program Decision and Fairness Across Covered Commodities
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 authorizes a program decision for the 2019 and 2020 crops of a covered commodity. This article…
Iowa State Professor Questions Rebuilding Some Infrastructure in Flood Plains
For many Americans, the headlines of the devastating Midwestern March floods may be fading. But for Corn Belt farmers who…
CoBank Issues its Economic Outlook
U.S. agriculture will face challenges in 2019 as slowing domestic and global economic growth rates, trade talks continue and weather…
As Trade Talks Continue, Iowa Soybean Leader Expresses Optimism Over China Market
Among the frustrations right now in selling commodities such as soybeans to China is that officials in the country are…
USDA Reports Summary
Farmers are expected to plant 92.8 million acres of corn this spring, up 4% from last year and recapturing the…
Growing Hemp
The wide range of industrial hemp products represent the greatest opportunity for American agricultural markets seen within the past fifty…
Planalytics Reports 55% of Corn Acres at Risk of Flooding Because of Current Conditions
By the time NOAA published their 2019 U.S. Spring Flood Outlook on March 21st, reports of major flooding along…
As Farmers Retire, their Families Face Difficult Choices
Driving around his potato and barley farm in his silver Ford F-150 crammed with yellowing notebooks, Thad Elliott looks out…
Flood Damages Multiple Years of Income as Congress Pushes Disaster Aid
A small group of farmers on Tuesday looked out at what is normally their farm ground and the now-destroyed bins…
African Swine Fever in China Helps Boost U.S. Hog Prices
A Wall Street Journal article Wednesday stated that, “Hog prices have surged in recent weeks on signs that Chinese buyers have turned to…