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News, Insights & Interviews Archive


Australia Approves U.S. Beef
U.S. beef could once again make its way to Australia. It marks a return for American beef after Australia officials had banned it because...
Dave Price
Jul 25, 20252 min read


Rick Naerebout: Dairy Association Leader’s Solution to Immigration Workforce Challenges
Listen and subscribe on Spotify or Apple Podcasts . This year has brought six months of uncertainty and chaos for farm producers and...
Dave Price
Jul 25, 20253 min read


Two Lawsuits Consolidated in Case Against Carbon Pipeline Project
Landowners in North Dakota have now joined a second group in a lawsuit against Summit Carbon Solutions, an Ames, Iowa-based pipeline...
Dave Price
Jul 18, 20251 min read


Limiting Foreign Involvement in U.S. Agriculture
There has been a heightened focus on stopping foreign purchases of American farmland, especially from China. The USDA has announced a...
Dave Price
Jul 11, 20253 min read


Secretary Rollins: No Amnesty for Farm Workers as Deportation Raids Continue
Farm and ranch owners are watching raids continue, listening to what the president is saying, and following what the country’s secretary...
Dave Price
Jul 11, 20253 min read


Fed Reserve Chair: Tariffs Are Reason Why Interest Rates Aren’t Lower Yet
This has not yet been the time for the U.S. central bank to lower interest rates, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday....
Dave Price
Jul 3, 20252 min read


California Farms Missing Workers After Immigration Enforcement: GOP Lawmakers Ask Trump Administration for Help
Raids and apprehensions by federal officials directed by the Trump administration are testing the daily functions of some agricultural...
Dave Price
Jul 3, 20253 min read


Mitchell Hora: 45Z Credits Will Lead to Surge in Carbon Awareness
While members of Congress, lobby groups, and impacted Americans argued over the ramifications of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill Act,”...
Dave Price
Jul 3, 20254 min read


Federal Raids Resume on Farms in the Search for Undocumented Workers
Agriculture producers had warned the Trump administration for months, along with members of Congress, that deportation raids by...
Dave Price
Jun 20, 20252 min read


A Montana Man’s Trip to Try to Save His Solar Business
Since a Wyoming farm boy who expected a longer career as a lighting technician for film and television never anticipated that he would...
Dave Price
Jun 20, 20254 min read


Lawmakers Fume after Governor’s Veto, But Energy Leaders Celebrate
A much-anticipated veto by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, brought a range of reactions because of the potential significance...
Dave Price
Jun 13, 20253 min read


Pennsylvania Governor Sues Over USDA Cuts
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Farmers have been hurriedly looking for alternative sources of income ever since the Trump administration...
Dave Price
Jun 6, 20251 min read


Farmland Values: Tariffs Will Not Be the Only Factor
An ever-changing, unpredictable trade war, jittering financial markets, and recession fears have many people wondering what it will mean...
Dave Price
Jun 6, 20252 min read


Kent Smith: Tariffs, Weather, and Bumps in the Road for Farmland Values
Tariff news changes week to week and even day to day, leaving a lot of people in agriculture feeling uncertain about the future. But Kent...
Brooke Bouma Kohlsdorf
May 30, 20253 min read


MAHA Report Could Affect American Producers
There were 69 pages in a new report titled, “Making Our Children Healthy Again,” that could impact –either with policy or persuasion –...
Dave Price
May 23, 20253 min read


Decision Time for Some American Cattle Ranchers
“Most American burgers are, in fact, not entirely American,” began a New York Times article , an article that dished out what many...
Dave Price
May 16, 20253 min read


New Trade Deal Could Bring Help for Beef and Ethanol Industries
The promise of new trade deals fuels both optimism and pessimism from farmers and producers as they wait for developments from the Trump...
Dave Price
May 16, 20252 min read


Donor Will Continue Work for Soybean Innovation Lab
An anonymous donor has come forward to save some of the work that the Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL) planned after the Trump administration...
Dave Price
May 16, 20252 min read


What Higher Tariffs Could Do to a Missouri Farmer
Most Americans aren’t farmers. Only about 2% of adults in the United States are farmers or ranchers. Most Americans don’t understand how...
Dave Price
May 16, 20254 min read


MAHA Could Feed Seniors with Local Produce
American farmers who have lost federal support to provide meat and produce to food pantries, school, and childcare centers may soon have...
Dave Price
May 9, 20252 min read
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