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Dec 27, 20242 min read

Overcoming Extreme Weather and Pivoting to Christmas Trees

Congress’ acknowledgement of how difficult extreme weather has been for agricultural producers can provide some assistance in the...

Dave Price

Dec 27, 20243 min read

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Money Matters: Ahead for the Fed

The Fed wrapped up its work for 2024 with one final rate cut. Will there be heavy lifting required in 2025? The nation’s rate of...

Dave Price

Dec 27, 20242 min read

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Finally...a Farm Bill (Extension)

As the agricultural community looks ahead to 2025, it can take some solace in knowing that Congress did the minimum: members agreed on a...

Dave Price

Dec 20, 20242 min read

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Domestic Oil vs. Imported Oil

All cooking oil is not created equal. Chinese imports of used cooking oil hurt soybean growers in this country, U.S. Senator Charles...

Dave Price

Dec 20, 20243 min read

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A Rate Cut to End 2024

If you were eyeing a farm expansion, major equipment purchases, or hoping that a variable interest rate loan would take a welcome dip in...

Renewable Energy Landscape Changing in One State

Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf

Dec 20, 20243 min read

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Renewable Energy Landscape Changing in One State

Story by: Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf Edited by: Dave Price Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” But if you drive through some...

Dave Price

Dec 13, 20242 min read

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Finances and the Flu

An Iowa lawmaker has joined others from across the country in calling for additional research on the bird flu, while new cases of the...

Dave Price

Dec 13, 20242 min read

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Waiting on Farm Bill Extension

Next year could be the year that 2023 and 2024 were not: it might bring a new Farm Bill, rather than an extension of the previous one....

Dave Price

Dec 13, 20243 min read

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New Mass Deportation Details

Meat processing plants, packing plants, fruit and vegetable farms, dairies, and various other agricultural-related industries continue to...

Dave Price

Dec 6, 20242 min read

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So Many Cuts

“Adjustments” are happening across the country as 2024 comes to an end. In some cases, they may be temporary. But in others, it appears...

Politics, Preparation, and Possibilities of Mass Deportation

Dave Price

Dec 6, 20243 min read

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Politics, Preparation, and Possibilities of Mass Deportation

President-elect Donald Trump’s promises for mass deportations of migrants who are in the United States illegally have families,...

Dave Price

Dec 6, 20243 min read

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Pipeline Project Grounded

Landowners in Iowa found themselves watching three different multi-state project proposals that could have brought carbon sequestration...

Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf

Nov 29, 20243 min read

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Starting Out

Edited by Dave Price When a 176-acre farm in southwest Illinois recently went on the market, the auction company agents who handled the...

Dave Price

Nov 29, 20243 min read

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Bluffing, Waiting, and Purple Corn

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, is among those hoping that some of the increased tariffs that president-elect Donald...

Dave Price

Nov 29, 20242 min read

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Madam Secretary

Brooke Rollins worked for Donald Trump once before. She then worked on his behalf. Beginning next year, she may directly work for him...

Challenges and Opportunities: Pipeline Problem, Hydroponic Closure, Montana Consolidations

Dave Price

Nov 8, 20243 min read

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Challenges and Opportunities: Pipeline Problem, Hydroponic Closure, Montana Consolidations

Voters in one key state rejected a plan that could be critical for a Midwest company hoping to connect ethanol plants with an underground...

Money Matters: The Fed and a President Could Soon Collide

Dave Price

Nov 8, 20242 min read

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Money Matters: The Fed and a President Could Soon Collide

The slow decline of the cost of borrowing went down one more step. Can another step follow in December? And what happens when Donald...

Dave Price

Nov 8, 20243 min read

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President Donald Trump, the Sequel

Farmland owners and investors now must figure out what is bluster, campaign rhetoric, and threats to impress the voters and what will...

Dave Price

Nov 1, 20242 min read

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On the Farm: Harris vs. Trump

Should voters back a former president or the current vice president if their priorities are tied to the future of farmland? Donald Trump,...

Challenges and Opportunities: Failed Plant, Loving Chicken, and Virus Spreading

Dave Price

Nov 1, 20242 min read

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Challenges and Opportunities: Failed Plant, Loving Chicken, and Virus Spreading

Republican elected officials in several states want answers from the USDA after a Midwest plant failed, despite millions in taxpayer...

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