Ag News

Growing crush capacity shifts soy demand priorities

(Photo by KIWA Staff) IARN – For decades, one of the soybean industry’s biggest challenges was finding new markets for soybean oil. Today, however, the conversation is changing. Growing demand

Swine industry remains cautious about NWS

IARN – Earlier this week, the USDA announced that there was an official detection of New World Screwworm (NWS) in the U.S. The pest was found in a three-week-old calf

Ag economy barometer drops in May

IARN – The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropped in May. Michael Langemeier, director of Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture, talked about the decline. Read more at Iowa

Dry conditions expand in latest drought monitor

Statewide Iowa (RI) – The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows dry conditions expanded in Iowa in the last week of May. The DNR’s Jessica Reese McIntyre says while things

New World Screwworm confirmed in South Texas

IARN – Yesterday, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed the detection of New World Screwworm (NWS) in a cattle herd in South Texas. The infected animal was a three-week-old calf, and