Tuesday 1st July 2025

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Midday cash livestock markets

It’s a typically quiet Monday for direct cash cattle trade activity.  Bids and asking prices have yet to surface and significant trade volume will...
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White farmers sue over Biden loan bailout

A lawsuit has been filed against the USDA claiming the Biden administration’s five-billion-dollar loan forgiveness program for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers discriminates against...
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Herbicides in short supply

A central Iowa farmer is hearing herbicides are in short supply. Steve Kuiper grows corn and soybeans in Marion and Mahaska Counties. “I talked...