Rain, Rain Go Away
For Niagara, North Dakota farmers like Mike Kelly, early planting progress has been offset by the recent rains. “We got off to a fast start and we’re always thankful for the moisture, but we need it to stop raining. Hopefully…
Windy Days Slow Planting Progress
For Wolverton, Minnesota farmer Jay Nord soil conditions so far have been good for planting. It’s the wind that’s been giving Nord and other farmers trouble. “Field conditions are good, except for the wind. We had another bad day or…
RRFN Interview: AgCountry Business Development EVP Marc Knisley
The collaboration agreement between AgCountry Farm Credit Services, Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit has been in place for nearly a month. This is the largest collaboration of its kind in the Farm Credit System. Marc Knisley,…
Devil’s in the Details
The new guidelines for sustainable aviation fuel tax credits specify certain farming practices. Minnesota Congressman Brad Finstad does not like the direction taken with the new guidelines. “The devil’s in the details and the devil is all over the place…
White House Defends Climate Funding
Nearly $20 million was set aside for conservation in the Inflation Reduction Act. There are different ideas on Capitol Hill, including proposals to fold that money into the farm bill. White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi emphasized the IRA is…
What’s Hot, What’s Not in the Markets
In this week’s edition of What’s Hot, What’s Not in Markets, Martinson Ag Risk Management President Randy Martinson points to wheat as a strong point in the markets. There is some weakness in the wheat futures this morning, but Martinson…
R.D. Offutt Farms Files Lawsuit Over White Earth Nation Water Rule
R.D. Offutt Farms is going to court to challenge the new White Earth Nation water ordinance. This ordinance gives the tribe jurisdiction over all water use on the reservation and within five miles of the reservation. It applies to non-tribal…
CropLife America Hopeful for Farm Bill
CropLife America is hopeful for the 2024 farm bill after seeing the 5-year proposals from the Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and House Ag Committee Chairman Glen “GT” Thompson. CropLife America also recognizes that more work is needed to…
Rain, Rain Go Away
For Niagara, North Dakota farmers like Mike Kelly, early planting progress has been offset by the recent rains. “We got off to a fast start and we’re always thankful for the moisture, but we need it to stop raining. Hopefully…
Windy Days Slow Planting Progress
For Wolverton, Minnesota farmer Jay Nord soil conditions so far have been good for planting. It’s the wind that’s been giving Nord and other farmers trouble. “Field conditions are good, except for the wind. We had another bad day or…
Canada Cattle Import Restrictions
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has created more requirements when importing dairy cattle from the U.S. This is in response to the first confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a dairy herd in late March. Since April 29th,…
Fall Calf Prices
According to NDSU Livestock Marketing Specialist Tim Petry, 2024 calf prices will be affected by calf supplies, corn prices, and fed cattle prices. Lower retention rates from last year will create a smaller calf crop this fall. The volatility of…
MT Beet Plant, Equipment Up for Bids
The Sidney Sugars facility at Sidney, Montana is being sold by auction. The sugarbeet processing plant is owned by American Crystal Sugar Company and shut down over a year ago. Sealed bids are due by June 26.
Enlist + Liberty Interview #3
Enlist Field Specialist Steve Snyder offers recommendations for applying postemergence herbicide. “We’re finding the use of adjuvants to be critical.” The proper nozzle is also important. In the third interview in our series, Snyder has more details. Listen to the…
Fall Calf Prices
According to NDSU Livestock Marketing Specialist Tim Petry, 2024 calf prices will be affected by calf supplies, corn prices, and fed cattle prices. Lower retention rates from last year will create a smaller calf crop this fall. The volatility of…
What’s Hot, What’s Not in the Markets
In this week’s edition of What’s Hot, What’s Not in Markets, Martinson Ag Risk Management President Randy Martinson points to wheat as a strong point in the markets. There is some weakness in the wheat futures this morning, but Martinson…
Ground Beef Termed Safe From Avian Influenza
USDA tested ground beef for the H5N1 virus and all samples were negative. The samples came from supermarkets in states with dairy cattle that tested positive for avian influenza. USDA will conduct additional tests.
Well Grounded
The Well Grounded podcast is a presentation of Acres and Shares and the Red River Farm Network. In this edition, our guest is Bryon Parman, agricultural finance specialist, North Dakota State University, who breaks down the annual land values survey.…
Biotech Wheat on the Way
Biotechnology and gene-editing are seen as a way to deliver high-yield stability to the wheat business. U.S. Wheat Associates Director of Trade Policy Peter Laudeman said this technology is on the horizon. “You’ve got this company out of Argentina, Bioceres that’s…
MCGA Disappointed in GREET Model Guidance
The Treasury Department guidelines for sustainable aviation fuel tax credits concentrate on the standalone blenders credit or 40B provision. “The guidance in the model that was announced is for a tax credit that expires at the end of 2024,” said…
Ethanol Groups Respond to SAF Guidance
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper said the GREET model guidance positions ethanol-based aviation fuel for takeoff, but more work needs to be done. The RFA believes more flexibility needs to be added. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor…
CropLife America Hopeful for Farm Bill
CropLife America is hopeful for the 2024 farm bill after seeing the 5-year proposals from the Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and House Ag Committee Chairman Glen “GT” Thompson. CropLife America also recognizes that more work is needed to…
MT Beet Plant, Equipment Up for Bids
The Sidney Sugars facility at Sidney, Montana is being sold by auction. The sugarbeet processing plant is owned by American Crystal Sugar Company and shut down over a year ago. Sealed bids are due by June 26.
Enlist + Liberty Interview #3
Enlist Field Specialist Steve Snyder offers recommendations for applying postemergence herbicide. “We’re finding the use of adjuvants to be critical.” The proper nozzle is also important. In the third interview in our series, Snyder has more details. Listen to the…
Kay Leads AFA
Scott Kay is the new board chair for Agriculture Future of America. Kay is the vice president of BASF Agricultural Solutions and has been on the AFA board since 2018. Joel Mathiowetz of Mathiowetz Family Farms at Morgan, Minnesota is…
Support for Underserved Farmers
USDA has announced more than $22 million is being made available to non-profits, universities and tribal entities to help underserved and veteran farmers and ranchers. Grant applications will be accepted through July 5.
Broton to Succeed Nelsen at AgriGrowth
The Minnesota AgriGrowth Council has named its new executive director. Darin Broton has spent the past 25 years at the cross-section of communications, policy and politics. Broton is now with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and has previous experience in…
SD Corn Comments
South Dakota Corn Comments is a presentation of the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council. This week, Corn Comments features Shauna Nickeson, who is a wife, mother and teacher from Pierpont, South Dakota. Nickeson shares a special Mother’s Day message. The…
Rain, Rain Go Away
For Niagara, North Dakota farmers like Mike Kelly, early planting progress has been offset by the recent rains. “We got off to a fast start and we’re always thankful for the moisture, but we need it to stop raining. Hopefully…
Windy Days Slow Planting Progress
For Wolverton, Minnesota farmer Jay Nord soil conditions so far have been good for planting. It’s the wind that’s been giving Nord and other farmers trouble. “Field conditions are good, except for the wind. We had another bad day or…
Enlist + Liberty Interview #3
Enlist Field Specialist Steve Snyder offers recommendations for applying postemergence herbicide. “We’re finding the use of adjuvants to be critical.” The proper nozzle is also important. In the third interview in our series, Snyder has more details. Listen to the…
Pioneer Agronomy Update
In the latest Pioneer Agronomy Update, @Pioneer Seeds Field Agronomist Larry Lunder says Growing Degree Days continue to accumulate very slowly across North Dakota. “Progress has been made on small grain and canola planting with corn and soybeans just getting…
Rain Delay
Dairyland Seed District Sales Manager Keith Rekow says many farmers in parts of eastern South Dakota were able to get some planting in before rains hit this past week. “In the dairy areas south of Watertown some guys got about…
New SAF Guidelines Too Strict Says Corn Growers
The Department of Treasury’s announcement limiting corn-based ethanol’s contribution to sustainable aviation fuel has drawn concern from corn farmers throughout the Northern Plains. For North Dakota Corn Growers Association President Andrew Mauch, the guidelines are too restricting on an area…
Growing Like Weeds
Farmers in the Washburn, North Dakota area made decent planting progress before the rains. Dakota Agronomy Partners agronomist Sheldon Laib says weed control will begin as soon as field conditions allow. “Producers want to get their sprayers going because they’re starting…
Canada Cattle Import Restrictions
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has created more requirements when importing dairy cattle from the U.S. This is in response to the first confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a dairy herd in late March. Since April 29th,…
Fall Calf Prices
According to NDSU Livestock Marketing Specialist Tim Petry, 2024 calf prices will be affected by calf supplies, corn prices, and fed cattle prices. Lower retention rates from last year will create a smaller calf crop this fall. The volatility of…
Flooding Cuts into Crop Size in Southern Brazil
The Brazilian government is reporting 78 deaths from the severe flooding in its southernmost state of Rio Grand do Sul. Water has overtaken major cities. Advance Trading Research Director Cesar Cruz estimates at least 15 percent of the soybeans will…
A Setback for Lab-Grown Meat
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed legislation banning lab-grown meat in the state. In a statement, DeSantis said his administration will continue to support local farmers and ranchers.
Ground Beef Termed Safe From Avian Influenza
USDA tested ground beef for the H5N1 virus and all samples were negative. The samples came from supermarkets in states with dairy cattle that tested positive for avian influenza. USDA will conduct additional tests.
A Smoother Calving Season
For Binford, North Dakota rancher Megan Overby, calving progress is close to 80 percent complete. “We start calving at the beginning of April and try to wrap up by mid-June,” said Overby. “We may be seeing just a tick of…
The North Dakota Beef Commission ‘Bull’etin
The North Dakota Beef Commission is celebrating May Beef Month. According to Executive Director Nicole Wardner, different demographics are being targeted, including children from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. “We have our Junior Beef Reader’s Challenge and that’s challenging kids to…
CropLife America Hopeful for Farm Bill
CropLife America is hopeful for the 2024 farm bill after seeing the 5-year proposals from the Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and House Ag Committee Chairman Glen “GT” Thompson. CropLife America also recognizes that more work is needed to…
Senate Ag Legislation Combined With Non-Related Bills
The Minnesota Senate passed the Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Environment, and Climate supplemental budget with a vote of 36-to-30. The Republican lead for the agriculture committee, Senator Torrey Westrom, said he likes the agriculture segment of the bill. However, Westrom said…
Devil’s in the Details
The new guidelines for sustainable aviation fuel tax credits specify certain farming practices. Minnesota Congressman Brad Finstad does not like the direction taken with the new guidelines. “The devil’s in the details and the devil is all over the place…
Different Approaches for AFREC
In St. Paul, the House and Senate agriculture bills consider the groundwater problems in southeastern Minnesota. The House version allows the Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council to sunset and divert the funds for the groundwater issue. Senate Agriculture Committee…
White House Defends Climate Funding
Nearly $20 million was set aside for conservation in the Inflation Reduction Act. There are different ideas on Capitol Hill, including proposals to fold that money into the farm bill. White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi emphasized the IRA is…
Ag Included in a Bigger Budget Bill
The Minnesota House agriculture bill is folded into the supplemental budget bills for climate, energy and commerce. An amendment dealing with the public option for health insurance sidelined this omnibus bill last week. The amendment was approved in the Ways…
2,4-D Duties Under Consideration
The Commerce Department has initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations against China and India over 2,4-D. The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary determination by May 20 and the Commerce Department’s preliminary determination will be made by…