August 2024 Farmer Rancher Roundtable
Check out our August 2024 Farmer Rancher Roundtable conversation, as we talk with Kansas farmer Chad Epler and Mississippi farmer Matt Poe. We discuss a wide range of topics including the ag economy, commodity prices, lack of
EPA Investigating Used Cooking Oil Imports
The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the supply chain of at least two renewable fuel producers amid industry concerns that some may be using fraudulent feedstocks for biodiesel to secure government subsidies. Farm Policy News says the
Ag Bankers See Farm Economy ‘Cliff’ Without Farm Bill
Ag bankers fear an economic cliff in farm country without a new farm bill. That’s according to one longtime Ag banker who testified before the House Agriculture Committee recently. Tony Hotchkiss has spent the last 41 years
New Plant to Turn Milk into Ethanol
A Canadian company that got its start distilling a milk byproduct into spirits and a large cooperative owned by Great Lakes dairy farmers broke ground on a new Michigan plant that will unite their businesses to make
Cattle Industry Leaders Disgusted With Targeted Persecution of Family Ranchers
WASHINGTON – Today, leaders of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Public Lands Council (PLC) issued statements in response to news of the indictment of Charles and Heather Maude, multi-generational family ranchers in western South Dakota, by
Baldwin Calls for STB to Review and Remove Commodity Exemptions to Help Rail Shippers Address High Costs, Unreliable Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to review existing exemptions of certain commodities – like paper and forest products, manufactured goods, and food products – and act to ensure
Drought Conditions Persist in the Missouri River Basin
July runoff in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 2.8 million acre-feet, 85 percent of the average, with below-average runoff in the upper three reaches and below-average in the lower three reaches. The annual