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News, Insights & Interviews Archive


Summer Fuels New Demand, But Renewable Producers Still Wait on Something Permanent
Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a waiver to extend the nationwide sales of E15 gasoline, the blended fuel with...
Dave Price
May 23 min read


Carbon Pipeline Company Pledges to Try Again After Failing to Get Regulatory Approval
The company that has already invested millions of dollars to construct a five-state, $9 billion carbon sequestration pipeline vows to try...
Dave Price
Apr 252 min read


New Purpose for Hunting Ground: CRP May Be Too Low
A Nebraska CRP property sold for $1.8M is being converted to cropland, raising questions about whether CRP rental rates are too low to keep land in conservation.
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Apr 113 min read


Soil Health and Conservation Conversations: Catherine DeLong
Change can be difficult. Talking about it might be even tougher sometimes. But when the subject comes to the future viability of your...
Dave Price
Mar 284 min read


Nuclear Energy’s Role Grows as Power Demand Surges
Energy production could be about to go…well, nuclear. Wind and solar energy have had the attention of producers looking for alternatives...
Dave Price
Mar 203 min read


Black Gold: Why Northwest Iowa Has Some of the Best Soil in the Nation
When a 76-acre farm outside the northwest Iowa town of Hull was auctioned off this past December, the sale price of $26,750 per acre came as
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
Feb 74 min read


Working to Overcome Water Challenges
Dry conditions have terrorized the Los Angeles area, scorching nearly 50,000 acres, damaging nearly 15,000 structures, and resulting in...
Dave Price
Jan 242 min read


Opportunities for Careers and Conservation
A non-profit is bringing opportunities to communities through the support that it gives to beginning farmers. That means that a berry...
Dave Price
Jan 103 min read


Overcoming Extreme Weather and Pivoting to Christmas Trees
Congress’ acknowledgement of how difficult extreme weather has been for agricultural producers can provide some assistance in the...
Dave Price
Dec 27, 20242 min read


Money Matters: Rate Cuts, Biofuels Concerns, and Child Labor
One of the regional leaders at a Federal Reserve Bank thinks that another federal funds rate reduction could happen in December, but he...
Dave Price
Nov 15, 20243 min read


'Time to Act Is Now,' Agricultural Official Tells USDA
“Catastrophic” is the word that Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson used to describe the damage that Hurricane Milton...
Dave Price
Oct 25, 20243 min read


Money Matters: SAF Credit, Recession Fears, and Seed Pioneer
Producers received guidance for one federal tax credit but still wait for help on another. Two researchers look at the tough financial...
Dave Price
Oct 25, 20242 min read


Record Carbon Credit
Regenerative agriculture just got a boost when Indigo Ag and Microsoft finalized a record carbon credit agreement. The agreement calls...
Dave Price
Jul 5, 20242 min read


Environment Versus Economy
If you combine politicians pushing for requirements that they say will better protect the environment, automakers balancing consumer...
Dave Price
Jun 21, 20243 min read


Organic Reaches for Higher Growth After Inflation's Challenges
SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCASTS “Some” may not be as good as “all,” but should be much better long-term than “none.” That is how Matthew...
Dave Price
Jun 21, 20243 min read


Uniting for Sustainable Jet Fuel
Politics may be too nasty, too divisive, and too expensive. And let’s not get started on how negative this presidential election will be....
Dave Price
Jun 14, 20242 min read


Making Food Production More Sustainable
Spotify | Apple Podcasts It’s not quite like saying “global warming.” It doesn’t elicit the same reactions as “climate change.”...
Dave Price
May 10, 20242 min read


Biofuels Will Flow
If biofuels are related to your crop harvest, facility production, or investment portfolio, then you may not have to sweat out the summer...
Dave Price
Apr 26, 20242 min read


New SAF Tax Credit
Corn and soybean producers in one Midwestern state might be able to look for a boost in three years. That’s when Nebraska’s new...
Dave Price
Apr 26, 20242 min read


Adjusting to Climate Change
Farmers are about as creative as they come. And they are relying on that creativity to adapt to changing climate problems. Of course,...
Dave Price
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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