The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) recently updated its guide assisting farmers, land owners and others to easily locate and contact professional seed suppliers for quality environmental, conservation, and cover crop seed. The interactive Conservation, Environmental, and Cover Crop Seed Resource Guide helps buyers find lists of dealers for specific seed types by geographic location to support production and sustainability …
Couser Provides Grassroots Input to EPA
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan recently appointed members for the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee (FRRCC), including Iowa livestock producer and ethanol investor Bill Couser. Established in 2007, the FRRCC provides independent policy advice, information, and recommendations to the EPA administrator on a range of environmental issues and policies that are of importance to agriculture and …
Crop Insurance Emerging Leaders Heading to the Hill
The 8th Annual CIRB Emerging Leaders Program Class will be heading to Capitol Hill next week for their Spring Fly-In and Policy Conference to talk with policy makers about the importance of crop insurance as a risk management tool for farmers. This year’s class is the largest yet with 17 participants from 10 different companies. At CIRB’s 59th annual meeting, …
Animal Ag News 4/10/23
World Dairy Expo® welcomed new industry representatives to its Board of Directors, Commercial Exhibitor Committee and Dairy Cattle Exhibitor Committee at the annual March meetings. The two incoming board members include Kami Dorn, Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders’ Association, and Annie McCullough, Farm Journal. PEAK 2023 – formerly called the Midwest Poultry Federation Convention – is being held this week, April 11-13, …
Alltech ONE World Tour Announces First Stops
All aboard for the 2023 Alltech World Tour with first stops in Hungary and Ireland! Dates and locations have been announced for the spring European leg of the Alltech ONE World Tour, a series of exciting international events that bring the ideas and inspiration of Alltech’s annual ONE Conference to the world. The first stops are in Budapest, Hungary, on …
Industry Ag News 4/7/23
Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce an agreement with Western Growers to provide Agri-Pulse West content to 2,000 of the group’s members in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. Syngenta announced the appointment of Kathy Eichlin as head of U.S. Crop Protection Corporate Communications for Syngenta North America. Eichlin began her Syngenta career 15 years ago as head of …
Farm Groups Join Push for Summer E15
Farm organizations joined ethanol groups in a letter calling on President Biden to get ahead of rising fuel costs by authorizing sales of E15 this summer. National Corn Growers Association, National Sorghum Producers, American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union signed the letter, along with the Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy, noting that current conditions are similar to …
Syngenta Seeds R&D on the Fast Track
Syngenta Seeds brands Golden Harvest and NK Seeds are both on track to highlight the speed and precision of their new hybrids and varieties. Golden Harvest recently announced its sponsorship of NASCAR driver Sammy Smith. The partnership with Smith is part of Golden Harvest’s 50th anniversary celebration as a seed company, focused on farmer success and reinforcing its commitment to …
Animal Ag News 4/4
As of March 1, there were 72.9 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up slightly from March 2022 but down 2% from Dec. 1, 2022, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Of the 72.9 million hogs and pigs, 66.7 million were market hogs, while 6.13 …
USDA Under Secretary Discusses Climate Strategies
USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie spent an hour with members of the American Coalition for Ethanol last week, answering questions on various climate and conservation topics and stressing the administration’s support for biofuels. “I hope you know this administration has a strong commitment to ethanol,” Bonnie began. “There’s a lot of alignment between things that …