An ag economist says some farmers could see margins improve this year. Tanner Ehmke, lead economist for grains and oilseeds with CoBank, says he doesn’t expect much relief for input prices, but commodity markets could improve. “It will be a cyclical bounce. The market will do what it does and stimulate demand.” He says purchases […]
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A south-central Iowa farmer says preparations are ramping up as spring planting approaches. “We all get antsy every spring,” Steve Kuiper
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The USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs says the agency has started the year leading some trade missions
