U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley calls the timing of Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow’s farm bill “disappointing and unrealistic.” “It’s a sad commentary that Senate Democrats kept farmers waiting two years before even releasing a bill text, while producers waited (and) grain prices fell below the cost of production.” Speaking to reporters Tuesday morning, the…… Continue Reading

A former Congressman is making the case to both political parties that free trade creates jobs and is good for both consumers and producers. Charlie Dent, who represented Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District, is now a senior advisor to Our Republican Legacy. “We make and grow a lot of really interesting things, and we are enormously…… Continue Reading

Photo: Ambassador Terry Branstad (left) with Brownfield’s Brent Barnett at the 2024 World Food Prize Borlaug International Dialogue The World Food Prize has announced Ambassador Terry Branstad will retire as president of the foundation in January. Branstad, a former governor of Iowa and former U.S. Ambassador to China, has led the foundation since February 2023.…… Continue Reading

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for below-normal temperatures across the northern Plains and much of the West, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in the South, East, and lower Midwest, as well as southern sections of the Rockies and Plains.  Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the U.S. should contrast with…… Continue Reading