Corn farmers from both Iowa and Texas are calling on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to spell out what the Justice Department is doing to examine the fertilizer industry. Their efforts come after USDA's deputy secretary called out two major fertilizer companies last month, alleging collusion.
The U.S. opened a sterile fly dispersal facility in Texas to combat New World screwworm (NWS) spreading from Mexico, capable of releasing 100 million sterile flies weekly. Three preventative drugs received FDA authorization while USDA plans a production facility to eventually generate 300 million sterile flies per week.
USDA released its February Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports on Tuesday.
Iowa requests federal court permission to use Hansen-Mueller's $500,000 surety bond to compensate farmers for unpaid grain deliveries following the company's bankruptcy filing.
The cattle market may have a bullish outlook for 2026, but that's not to say it's invincible. Whether it's external pressures from greater economic challenges or whatever news headline seems to break for the day -- the market is chock full of risk and volatility, just like we saw last week.
We kick off the week with February's WASDE report, look forward to seeing you at the National Farm Machinery Show, and will check in on the weather impact of warmer weather in some areas of the U.S., and rains in South America.
In a proclamation Friday, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would lower the tariff rate quota to increase imports of lean beef trimmings and all of the increased quota would come from Argentina.
After doing without in 2025, farmers will have access to "over-the-top" dicamba herbicides after EPA approves new labels.
At the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit on Thursday, E15 was the main topic of the day, though carbon pipelines also had their moment, along with the 45Z tax credit and the unrealized prospects of both maritime and sustainable aviation fuels.
Ethanol production in the United States averaged 1.114 million barrels per day (bpd) in the week ended Jan. 23, down 5,000 bpd week-on-week.
Outfitted for their farm, this shop also provides space for this couple's growing fabrication business.
