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Farm and Food File
March 6, 2020 If you’re a farmer or rancher, you might be in for a bad day when you open your Monday morning email and five of the six headlines sent by an ag news service read: ?“USDA declares Brazilian beef... more »»
Will democratic socialism be expanded?
March 6, 2020 One of the best stories to come out of the Iowa Caucuses had to do with Elizabeth Warren. more »»
Midwest Marketing Solutions
March 6, 2020 Cargill, Inc. more »»
Weekly market review
March 6, 2020 Coronavirus continues to be a focus of the markets, with the news over the weekend of the virus spreading to new countries. more »» 
Dear County Agent Guy
March 6, 2020 At this time of the year, most people are ready for winter to be over. Winter has become like an old college buddy who dropped by unexpectedly and ended up staying for several month. more »»
Crop watch
March 6, 2020 Wham, bam, and we are now into the month of March. February came and went quickly for most of us. more »»
Farm and Food File
February 27, 2020 Geography isn’t static. Rivers change course, mountains erode, and islands disappear under rising seas. The geography of farming and food changes, too. more »»
Did the Iowa caucuses make Iowa red?
February 27, 2020 You have heard criticism that the Dems were trying to overturn the votes of 63 million who elected Trump in the last election via impeachment. more »»
County Agent Guy
February 27, 2020 Hello TheraBand, my old friend, You’ve come to torment me again. Anyone who has been afflicted by physical therapy is probably intimately acquainted with the TheraBan. more »»
Crop watch
February 27, 2020 The month gains an extra day this year, but will still be the shortest month of the year. So far the time has been a blur ever since our Jan 22nd meeting and the Iowa power show. more »»
Midwest Marketing Solutions
February 27, 2020 A third MFP unlikely While President Trump promises additional trade aid to farmers if needed; speaking at the USDA Ag Outlook Forum in Washington, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue said that a third... more »»
Weekly review
February 27, 2020 USDA released 10-year baseline projections for major crop production and usage. Projections for 2020/21 have corn acres increasing 5 million over 19/20 to 94.5 million acres. more »»
Farm and Food File
February 14, 2020 One thing Big Ag has gotten very good at over the last two decades is fighting what it sees as the “green” invasion of do-good outsiders into American farming and ranching. more »»
The canary in the climate change coal mine has died
February 14, 2020 Part 3 There are canaries that are warning that climate change is fast becoming a real threat. They are dying all over the world. The Australian fires are the worst of a global wildfire proliferation. more »»
Midwest Marketing Solutions
February 14, 2020 U.S. farm bankrupty rates on the rise (Reuters) - U.S. farm bankruptcy rates jumped 20 percent in 2019 — to an eight-year high — as financial woes in the U.S. more »»
Coronavirus continues to spread
February 14, 2020 The spread of the coronavirus was the main story throughout trade again this week. Reports of new cases and deaths continue to climb each day. more »»
Dear County Agent Guy
February 14, 2020 The cunning assassin silently slipped in under the cover of darkness. It was after suppertime and my wife and I were watching TV. Slowly, I began to intuit hints of the assassin’s presence. more »» |
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