May 08
The Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodity Programs, Risk Management and Trade hosted two hearings this week. The first hearing, entitled, “Producers Perspectives on the Farm Safety Net”, featured the leaders of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and the National Farmers Union (NFU), along with 10 producers representing sorghum, wheat, dry beans, dairy, rice, …
May 08
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
May 07
The cattle industry is wondering how wide of an impact the apparent cattle marketing fraud unfolding this spring will have in cattle country. According to reports from Drovers and Beef Magazine online, upwards of 80,000 cattle may have been involved- and based on the bankruptcy filings of the companies connected to Brian McClain of Benton, …
May 05
There is a new blog post out at the Southern Plains Persepctive. Read below! El Niño cometh. That was the subject line in an email from the good folks with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Center for Environmental Information (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/). The way it looks now, there is a 62% or better chance that we …
May 05
March exports of U.S. pork were the largest since May 2021, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). While below last year’s high volume, March beef exports were the largest since October. March pork exports totaled 260,195 metric tons (mt), up 17% year-over-year and the ninth largest …
May 05
At the National Association of Farm Broadcaster’s Washington Watch event in Washington, D.C., the group of farm broadcasters had the chance to talk with Senator Roger Marshall. Farm Director KC Sheperd is featuring comments from the Kansas Republican talking about farm bill education, nutrition, and crop insurance. As farmers and ranchers are businessmen and businesswomen, …
May 05
The 2023 Farm Bureau Foundation Fellows have launched four free Applied Digital Skills lessons dedicated to helping students learn about food, fuel and fiber. The lessons were developed with support from Grow with Google to make digital skills and agricultural literacy more accessible to students across the country, with a focus on rural classrooms. The lessons are …
May 05
A committee of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) grower leaders announced the finalists for the 2023 NCGA Scholarship Programs. Twelve students will be awarded scholarships for the fall 2023 semester. NCGA is proud to support these programs in partnership with BASF Corporation. “NCGA works to build a strong future for corn farmers in all programs. …
