El Niño’s impact on U.S. Farmers
The 2024 growing season is expected to bring a unique combination of El Niño this spring through early summer before switching to La Niña in late summer through early fall. Farmers Business Network says the opposing climate
USGC Releases the Corn Export Cargo Quality Report
The U.S. Grains Council released its 2023-2024 Corn Export Cargo Quality Report which contained some good news. The average aggregate quality of U.S. corn samples tested for the report was better than or equal to U.S. No.
Ag Groups React to New EPA Tailpipe Standards
The National Corn Growers Association expressed grave concern and disappointment with the Environmental Protection Agency’s final 2027-2032 tailpipe emissions standards. NCGA says the plan still relies almost exclusively on using electric vehicles, a decision that will have
Soy Growers, Still Bruised by 2018 Trade War, Talk China Before House Ag
Washington, D.C. March 20, 2024– For U.S. soybean farmers, the trade war with China that began more than five years ago does not seem so distant—especially with tit-for-tat tariffs levied during that time technically still in place. Josh
RFA: EPA’s Tailpipe Emissions Standards Disregard Ethanol’s Carbon Benefits
By failing to recognize and appropriately credit the benefits of ethanol, the 2027-2032 tailpipe emissions standards finalized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency disregard an obvious near-term opportunity for achieving significant vehicle efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas emissions
Corn Growers: EPA’s New Tailpipe Standard Will Hurt Family Farms
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) expressed grave concern and disappointment today with the Environmental Protection Agency’s final 2027-2032 emissions standards for sedans and light- and medium-duty trucks. The plan still relies almost exclusively on the use
Growth Energy: EPA Tailpipe Rule Neglects Vital Decarbonization Strategies
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuels trade association, expressed disappointment in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule on Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles. “Since this rule
Stabenow Repeats Threat to Extend ’18 Farm Law if GOP Insists on Using SNAP for Title I
Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow repeated her threat to oppose a new farm bill if Republicans insist on taking funds from nutrition or conservation to fund it. Stabenow told Agri-Pulse’s Ag and Food Policy Summit her earlier
Ag Import Values Outpaced Export Values in 2023
USDA’s Economic Research Service reports U.S. agricultural imports exceeded exports by $16.6 billion in fiscal year 2023. For nearly 60 years, U.S. agricultural trade maintained a surplus, but in fiscal year 2019, the balance shifted to a
Man Accused Of Punching Hospital Security Guard
(Grand Forks, ND) — A man who police say punched a hospital security guard faces an assault charge. It happened Monday at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, where Andrew Mattson reportedly tried to get into a restricted