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  • Secretary Rollins Unveils Plan to Modernize Agricultural Data Collection and Put Farmers First
    Tue Sep 1st, 2026 11:26:31 CDT
    Secretary Rollins Unveils Plan to Modernize Agricultural Data Collection and Put Farmers First
    Today, at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Data Modernization Plan to put Farmers First, reduce unnecessary burdens on producers, and improve the timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of the agricultural data that informs decisions across American agriculture. Since USDA was established ...
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  • Farmer Sentiment Rises Again in August as Future Expectations Improve
    Tue Sep 1st, 2026 8:52:21 CDT
    Farmer Sentiment Rises Again in August as Future Expectations Improve
    Farmer sentiment improved for the second month in a row, with the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) Index increasing from 126 points in July to 135 points in August (see Figure 1). Both subindices also increased; however, the Index of Current Conditions rose by only 1 point, while the Index of Future Expectations increased by 11 points (see Figure ...
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  • Why EPA’s SRE Decision Is Good News for Biofuels: Scott Irwin Breaks Down the RFS Reallocation
    Tue Sep 1st, 2026 8:22:58 CDT
    Why EPA’s SRE Decision Is Good News for Biofuels: Scott Irwin Breaks Down the RFS Reallocation
    Reporting from Todd Gleason features analysis from University of Illinois Agricultural Economist Scott Irwin on how the EPA’s 100% reallocation of Small Refinery Exemptions turns a large exemption headline into a net-neutral wash that supports biomass-based diesel. Gleason reports that while the Environmental Protection Agency recently ruled on 34 petitions for Small Refinery Exemptions (SREs)—totaling nearly ...
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  • Meat Demand Monitor Offers Deeper Look at Consumer Meat Preferences Tue Sep 1st, 2026 10:46:33 CDT
    Meat Demand Monitor Offers Deeper Look at Consumer Meat Preferences
    In today’s Beef Buzz, senior farm and ranch broadcaster Ron Hays continues his conversation with Dr. Glynn Tonsor of Kansas State University, who leads the Meat Demand Monitor, a project funded by the beef and pork checkoffs. In Part One of the conversation, Tonsor discussed what the Meat Demand Monitor has learned about consumer ...
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