Market Features
Season 49
ClipSeason49Episode4914
Several issues overhang trade relations with Mexico, the United States' second largest trading partner.
ClipSeason49Episode4914
This week, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping got together in California for their first face to face meeting in nearly a year.
ClipSeason49Episode4914
This week, the House voted to keep the United States government open for another nine weeks.
ClipSeason49Episode4913
A recent trip to India helps provide insight on areas of strength and improvement while providing opportunities for U.S. farmers and ranchers.
ClipSeason49Episode4913
In February of last year, High Pathogenic Avian Influenza returned to U.S. commercial flocks after a several year hiatus. Producers in Iowa, one of the country’s top poultry producing states, have seen new cases in just the last few months.
ClipSeason49Episode4912
Subsidies for crop insurance may be increasing the cost of weather loss, according to an environmental advocacy group.
ClipSeason49Episode4912
Rural America was the target for at least three cabinet members and the president himself this week.
ClipSeason49Episode4912
Many Americans likely missed hearing about the regulatory shift a few years ago inside USDA allowing exemptions or speedier approvals of certain genetically altered plants. Inside a plant science center in St. Louis, however, plant researchers working on teff and other grains absolutely had the new rule on their radar.
ClipSeason49Episode4911
The annual event in Iowa brings together big thinkers from various government, foundations and private industries all in an effort to enhance food security.
ClipSeason49Episode4911
On Sunday, a delegation that included China’s Ambassador to the U.S. Xie Feng, (ZHAY- Fehng), visited the Rick Kimberley farm in Maxwell, Iowa. The farm is the site of the 2012 visit by then Vice President of China Xi Jinping.
ClipSeason49Episode4910
The vote to find a new Speaker of the House has delayed much of the legislative process in Washington D.C. while also creating uncertainty for key bills close to the finish line.
ClipSeason49Episode4910
Plans for a multi-state CO2 pipeline project were scrapped Friday. Navigator CO2 Ventures announced they are canceling a bid to transport carbon dioxide from ethanol plants to underground sequestration locations.
ClipSeason49Episode4908
Two large California producers are suing smaller operators and land owners over the use of water.
ClipSeason49Episode4908
Safety is top of mind for fifth generation Nebraska row crop producer Zach Hunnicutt. He was just a child when his grandfather’s brother died in a grain bin accident.
ClipSeason49Episode4907
Hearing Held Over Foreign Farmland Ownership
ClipSeason49Episode4907
Russia and China caused shock waves on the fertilizer market over the last two years, but those movements have calmed.
ClipSeason49Episode4906
During opening debate at the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky defended his country’s attempts at maintaining port access to the Black Sea, which allows Ukrainian grain to be exported to global markets.
ClipSeason49Episode4906
An online search for: “Who was the first female veterinarian in the United States,” generates top results that are a bit misleading. It wasn’t Dr. Florence Kimbell, nor Dr. Elinor McGrath. The search should have favored a woman who graduated seven years earlier: Dr. Mignon Nicholson.
ClipSeason49Episode4906
Another summer of limited rain has greatly impacted shipping along the Mississippi River.
ClipSeason49Episode4905
The market for sustainable aircraft fuel continues to grow, and the biofuel industry hopes it will replace biofuels usage as vehicles consume smaller volumes in the future.
ClipSeason49Episode4905
For more than a year, a group of landowners and activists have been pushing back against the permitting and construction of the Summit Carbon Solutions CO2 pipeline. If it gets the greenlight, the project will stretch across 2,000 miles of five Midwestern states.
ClipSeason49Episode4905
Iowa senator sees extension likely in Farm Bill if no deal completed by Christmas.
ClipSeason49Episode4904
Weather conditions in the northern hemisphere were hot again in August while corn and soybean conditions drop to their lowest levels since 2012.
ClipSeason49Episode4904
A section of a proposed CO2 pipeline was rejected this week. The South Dakota Public Utilities Board unanimously voted to deny Navigator CO2 Venture’s application to construct a CO2 pipeline on the basis that it did not satisfy multiple criteria in the application process.
ClipSeason49Episode4904
Donald Wentzel, a feed mill owner who had worked as a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade, decided in the 1950s that the modest U.S. duck meat industry, then largely centered on New York’s Long Island, was based in the wrong place. He thought it would make more sense to raise the birds on less expensive real estate in a place where the corn and soybeans used in the birds’ feed was grown.
ClipSeason49Episode4903
Unpermitted development will be allowed in many wetland areas across the country under details released by the Environmental Protection Agency this week.
ClipSeason49Episode4903
The problem of food insecurity may have another ally - Artificial Intelligence. Once the issue of efficiency is solved then the problem of fairness in distribution comes into play. AI could also assist in making sure food is used and not wasted due to logistical constraints.
ClipSeason49Episode4903
As Congress prepares to return from summer recess, the push to finish a Farm Bill gains strength and observers, including the insurance industry.
ClipSeason49Episode4902
Farming is often a balancing act between environmental sustainability and financial viability. On one side, you are out to make money and on the other, you are protecting your most valuable economic resource.
ClipSeason49Episode4902
This week, the Iowa Utilities Board began what is expected to be several weeks of evidentiary hearings. When they are finished, the Board will determine if a construction permit will be granted for the controversial Summit Carbon Solutions CO2 pipeline.
ClipSeason49Episode4902
For the first time in 84 years, a tropical storm hit the West Coast of the U.S. Meantime, the heat of summer was turned to extreme this week with 126 million Americans in some form of heat advisory.
ClipSeason49Episode4901
Mexico and the U.S. have reached an impasse over an import ban on genetically modified corn.
ClipSeason49Episode4901
Victor Tsvyk harvested 170,000 bushels of wheat this month. But after Russia exited a wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain to other parts of the world, he has no idea where his bounty will go or how his farm will survive.
ClipSeason49Episode4901
While the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the global economy, the repercussion carved into rural America was its own animal. Advocates say unemployment, mental health and food security issues hammered many areas already in the midst of long-term decline.
Season 48
ClipSeason48Episode4852
A Connecticut diary turns cow waste into biodegradable Garden products
ClipSeason48Episode4852
Officials with Summit Carbon Solutions have begun requesting voluntary land leases along a new segment of its controversial Midwest Carbon Express pipeline.
ClipSeason48Episode4851
The U.S. continues to be gripped by above normal temperatures and pounded by precipitation that comes in torrents.
ClipSeason48Episode4851
Rising land values have advantages for investors looking for place to park money and those selling challenging new buyers to find a place to enter the market.
ClipSeason48Episode4850
Livestock producers in parts of Nebraska and the southern Plains states have endured moderate to exceptional drought for much of the spring and summer. Early July rains may have settled the dust in some areas, but they didn’t ease concerns about hay prices and supply.
ClipSeason48Episode4850
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it will use $300 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to monitor agricultural emissions, including the creation of a research network to monitor carbon levels in soil.
ClipSeason48Episode4850
Official temperatures from around the globe are showing that July is set to be the hottest month on record for the entire planet.
ClipSeason48Episode4849
A recent federal disaster declaration will help ease the pain of the estimated millions of dollars in damage.
ClipSeason48Episode4849
This launch isn’t shooting for the moon or a distant planet. No rocket boosters are needed. And the passengers inside? Insects.
ClipSeason48Episode4849
The Russian government ended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative Monday.
ClipSeason48Episode4848
Farmland prices experienced a leveling off in the first half of 2023 according to Farmers National Company, a real estate and property management firm.
ClipSeason48Episode4848
The first call for assistance is often difficult, and producers frequently don’t understand where the problems lie.
ClipSeason48Episode4848
As high high bakes more than a dozen states, parts of the Northeast spent much of the week waiting for two months of rain to recede before cleaning up. Meanwhile the drought keeps a firm grip on the Grain Belt.
ClipSeason48Episode4847
We have two producers we are following this year on their progress. For Chad Bell in Viola, Illinois, significant rain finally arrived in late June. What did come was spotty but will be enough to get the corn through pollination. Mike Schulte's story in Oklahoma is one of rain falling very late season on wheat and now creating new decisions from producers.
ClipSeason48Episode4847
Saturday marked the start of a new month, quarter and for many states - new laws. For example, Iowans are now able to buy and sell unpasteurized milk - making it state number 29 that allows the purchase of the raw product. Peter Tubbs reports.
ClipSeason48Episode4846
A major change in conditions as drought areas are stricken with severe storms as hazy skies loom over much of the eastern U.S.
ClipSeason48Episode4846
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack hit the road this week in Michigan promoting the administration’s efforts to expand market access for producers and healthy meal options for children.
ClipSeason48Episode4846
The supply chain challenge of 2020 and 2021 sparked responses from creative thinking and turned into opportunities and diversity in how goods get from one point to another.
ClipSeason48Episode4845
This week, the EPA issued its final rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, production requirements for 2023-2025.
ClipSeason48Episode4845
A recent survey of land owners in Iowa shows much is debt-free, but also owned by retired farmers and not foreign buyers.
ClipSeason48Episode4845
When Penn State scientists dug into the family trees of North America’s Holstein herd and found that 99.75 percent of modern-day Holstein bulls were descended from two born in the 1880s, it raised concerns about too little genetic diversity in livestock.
ClipSeason48Episode4844
Less than 10 years ago, casinos, local businesses and governments parlayed their influence into a deal with the Iowa legislature to phase out millions in state gambling subsidies, which had kept tracks afloat.
ClipSeason48Episode4844
Work on the 2023 Farm Bill continued this week with testimony on the infrastructure needs of rural America. Financing the modernization of aging water systems in rural communities was a repeated topic.
ClipSeason48Episode4844
Conditions worsen in key grain growing regions of the country with another week of limited rain and increasing temperatures.
Season 47
ClipSeason47Episode52
As years-long arid conditions grip the western U.S., producers in Europe are enduring their continent’s worst drought in decades.
ClipSeason47Episode4752
During the megadrought, Colorado and Nebraska fight over water rights.
ClipSeason47Episode4752
When is a recession a recession - The chair of the Chicago Fed speaks.
ClipSeason47Episode4751
Duluth and Cleveland ports are both now handling dedicated container ships, hoping to help ease congestion elsewhere.
ClipSeason47Episode4751
Several thousand residents are still waiting for power and drinking water to be restored.
ClipSeason47Episode4750
Monday, the House Ag Committee held its fourth listening session of the year in Rice County, Minnesota. The previous session had occurred in the Western United States, and speakers there focused on water issues.
ClipSeason47Episode4750
After rallying in vain against the Dakota Access Pipeline, activists in Iowa brought reinforcements to push back on a new proposal to transport a different hazardous material beneath the state’s fertile landscapes.
ClipSeason47Episode4749
The 2021 growing season offered a challenging dry-weather test for many sunflower-growing regions, and some may struggle this year as well.
ClipSeason47Episode4749
This week, the House Ag Committee held a hearing on possible changes to the crop insurance system that subsidizes the prices farmers pay to insure their crops against weather loss.
ClipSeason47Episode4749
Culling the herd to stay above water.
ClipSeason47Episode4748
Iowa is a leader in several farm commodities, but collateral damage – in the form of runoff-impaired waterways – has spurred legal actions designed to thwart pollution linked to agriculture. While ultimately dismissed, those moves may have helped cultivate renewed interest in farm conservation.
ClipSeason47Episode4748
Owners of small and medium size meat processors gather to examine what the future might hold for their industry.
ClipSeason47Episode4748
Harvest is underway in Ukraine despite nearby fields being on fire and the need to avoid shell holes or unexploded ordnance.
ClipSeason47Episode4747
A derecho damaged crops in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.
ClipSeason47Episode4747
Holiday week is a good time for a crop progress report with two producers we spoke to in the spring. Here's Paul Thomas and Cameron Peirce.
ClipSeason47Episode4747
New rules for drones may help agriculture.
ClipSeason47Episode4746
The R-CALF challenge to the constitutionality of the Beef Checkoff was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
ClipSeason47Episode4746
Shawn Tiffany was recently in front of the Senate Agriculture committee testifying on a litany of bills aimed at the livestock industry. As an independent owner/operator, the story is personal to his family and community.
ClipSeason47Episode4746
Sec. Tom Vilsack announces new initiatives in a trip to the Midwest.
ClipSeason47Episode4745
Less than 10 years ago, casinos, local business and governments parlayed their influence into a deal with the Iowa legislature – to phase-out millions in state gaming subsidies which had kept tracks afloat even as dog racing declined nationwide. This year the well ran dry.
ClipSeason47Episode4745
The Supreme Court of the United States rejected an appeal from Bayer AG to shut down thousands of lawsuits over the safety of glyphosate.
ClipSeason47Episode4745
Senate Ag Committee opens a gate for cattle producers
ClipSeason47Episode4744
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the deepening drought in the western U.S.
ClipSeason47Episode4744
Historic flooding in Yellowstone National Park will likely close parts of the destination for months. Much of the U.S. also baked under 100 degree temps as summer is just beginning.
ClipSeason47Episode4744
The WTO chief insisted that trade has lifted 1 billion people out of poverty, but poorer countries – and poor people in richer ones – are often left behind.
ClipSeason47Episode4743
On Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations invited witnesses to discuss the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP and the Farm Safety Net.
ClipSeason47Episode4743
California producer Joe Del Bosque is entering another year of growing several crops with less water from the sky and his allotment. Our conversation looks his farm, water story and hopes for the pending harvest.
ClipSeason47Episode4743
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to California's Prop 12 this fall.
ClipSeason47Episode4742
The USDA announced funds for a series of projects intending to make the U.S. food system more resilient.
ClipSeason47Episode4742
In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic triggered economic fallout leading to job losses for tens of millions in the U.S. alone. For one recent college graduate, being laid-off was the final nudge he needed to branch-out - by returning to his roots.
ClipSeason47Episode4741
The Russian blockade of Ukraine may keep millions of tons of grain off of global markets, would could lead to famine in dozens of countries.
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