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It has been my experience that nothing is truly perfect, and that perfection is, at best, an ephemeral illusion. And even if something seems perfect, it never stays that way. For example, a person might procure an ice cream sundae from his or her neighborhood ice cream dealer. The flawlessness of the sundae takes your breath away. It has a mathematically precise proportion of toppings to ice cream, and just the right amount of whipped cream. It’s perfect!         But it won’t stay that way; you know that the sundae will soon begin to deteriorate. You have no choice but to…

In recent years, a growing number of states, including Iowa, have introduced legislation aimed at limiting litigation against crop protection manufacturers. This movement is a response to an increasing number of lawsuits targeting widely used herbicides, such as glyphosate, which have raised concerns about the future availability and affordability of essential agricultural tools. Lawsuits center primarily around the allegation that glyphosate (the primary active ingredient in Roundup) causes cancer, and that Bayer failed to adequately warn users of potential health risks. These charges stem largely from a finding from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC),…

1. Wheat Futures Surge in Overnight Trading Wheat futures jumped in overnight trading after Russia’s forecast for domestic production was lowered and on growing concerns about grain supplies from Ukraine. Russian consultancy IKAR late last week cut its forecast for Russian shipments of the grain to roughly 41 million metric tons from 42.5 million tons.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a monthly supply and demand report last week that it now projects Russian wheat exports at 45 million metric tons, down from the February outlook for 45.5 million tons.  Strategie Grains said it cut its outlook for the…

Farm and ranch families from across the nation donated 34.8 million pounds of food and raised $658,606 to help fight hunger and assist in other community service outreach in 2024 through the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Harvest for All program. Combined, the monetary and food donations totaled the equivalent of 29 million meals. Criteria for tracking Harvest for All donations included dollars and pounds of food donated by state and county Farm Bureaus, as well as volunteer hours, reported from the grassroots up as part of the annual campaign. The spirit of farm communities has always been one of working…

Top Third Ag Marketing helps farmers become better agricultural marketers with the goal of marketing crops and livestock in the top third of prices. Mark Gold and his team provide AGDAILY.com with the latest information and a look ahead in their audio commentary. Listen here! https://www.agdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/top-third-agdaily-2025-03-17.mp3 The post Markets in Minutes: Top Third looks ahead for week of March 17, 2025 appeared first on AGDAILY.

By Ryan Hanrahan Reuters’ Jarrett Renshaw and Arathy Somasekhar reported Tuesday that “Canada could impose non-tariff measures such as restricting its oil exports to the U.S. or levying export duties on products if a trade dispute with the U.S. escalates further, Canada’s energy minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Tuesday.” “‘When we are talking about non-tariff retaliation, it could be about restricting supply, it could be putting our own export duties on products. It could be energy and minerals, it could be broader than that,’ Wilkinson said in an interview with Reuters,” according to Renshaw and Somasekhar’s reporting. “He also raised…

By Leah Douglas March 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will comply with the Wednesday deadline issued by a federal board to temporarily reinstate its fired probationary employees, according to an agency statement. The Merit Systems Protection Board, an agency that hears appeals from federal employees when they are fired or disciplined, on March 5 told the USDA that it must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary workers who were fired as part of President Donald Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce. The order required the workers to be reinstated for 45 days. “By Wednesday, March 12, the Department will place all terminated probationary employees in…

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican and doctor by training, has long advocated the “food is medicine” concept, the idea that diet plays a role in preventing and curing disease. Now he has emerged as one of the leading congressional champions of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement launched by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Along with Senate GOP colleagues Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Rick Scott of Florida, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Marshall has formed a MAHA caucus. Among the senators’ goals:  Work with RFK Jr. to be the legislative force that…

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO, March 13 (Reuters) – Brazilian soybean farmers will reap an even bigger crop in the 2024/25 season than previously expected, according to forecasts released by crop agency Conab on Thursday, as deepening trade tensions are likely to increase demand from China. Brazil’s soybean crop, which farmers are harvesting now, is expected to total 167.37 million tons, about 1.3 million tons more than in Conab’s February forecast and above an all-time record of 155.7 million tons in the 2022/23 season. Conab data showed that more than 105 million tons of that production will be exported, up 7% from the previous season. Brazil, the world’s biggest producer and…

By Stine Jacobsen and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, March 14 (Reuters) – The United States has reached out to Denmark and other European nations asking if they can export eggs as Americans face surging egg prices, the Nordic country’s egg association said on Friday. The request from the U.S. Department of Agriculture coincides with a raft of new U.S. tariffs on countries, including in Europe, and the threat of more. President Donald Trump has also threatened economic sanctions unless Denmark hands over control of Greenland to the United States. U.S. wholesale egg prices are shattering records as an accelerating outbreak of bird flu in laying hens slashes…