Critical Time for the Dollar
The dollar index is sitting at a 10-week low, pressured by expectations of an upcoming Fed rate cut. That weaker dollar is being weighed alongside early harvest pressure and ongoing demand concerns in today’s grain trade. Traders
RFA Cautiously Optimistic About EPA’s Renewable Volume Reallocation Proposal
The Renewable Fuels Association today said it is encouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposal to ensure that renewable fuel volumes lost to small refinery exemptions in 2023-2025 will be reallocated to future RFS standards. EPA is co-proposing
Rail Shippers Warn: UP-NS Merger Could Harm Competition, Raise Costs
Washington, DC (September 16, 2025) – The Rail Customer Coalition (RCC), which represents manufacturing, agriculture, energy, and other vital industries across the U.S. economy, sent a letter today to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) warning that Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of
Collaboration grows success with dry bean breed ‘Kikatiti’
Western Nebraska, unlike its eastern half, is very arid. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center (PREEC) in Scottsbluff is an ideal location for researching drought-tolerant crops, such as dry edible beans. While
What Would You Do?
Shared from the Nebraska Farm Bureau Imagine you’re a member of the Federal Reserve Bank Open Markets Committee (OMC) responsible for setting the federal funds rate. The federal funds rate, effectively the rate on short-term interbank loans,
New Study: Unrestricted Sales of E15 Would Fuel the Economy
A new economic study released today by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) shows that expanding year-round, nationwide consumer access to fuels with a 15% ethanol blend would provide a boon to the American economy, benefiting
Op-Ed: When Appetites Shrink, Beef Can Help Every Bite Count
By Paul “Doc” Walker, Danvers, Illinois I’ve spent my life with one foot in the pasture and the other in the classroom. I’m a cattle producer from Danvers, Illinois, where my family and I operate DI Simmentals,
FFAR Spurs Tool to Test for Bird Flu
WASHINGTON — Purdue University researchers developed an innovative paper-based test that rapidly detects highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu. The test can be effective for a variety of animals, including poultry, cattle, wild birds,
SDSU Extension Welcomes New Crop and Livestock Field Specialist
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University Extension is pleased to welcome Parker Witt as a new Crop and Livestock Field Specialist. In his role, Witt will work with both crop and livestock producers to build resilient,
Minnesota’s First Certified Crop Adviser Award to be Awarded
MANKATO – The Minnesota Crop Production Retailers (MCPR) and the Minnesota Certified Crop Adviser Board are excited to introduce the Minnesota Certified Crop Adviser Award (CCA Award). This award recognizes an individual who has performed superior service for