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A More Cautious Approach to Interest Rates

Published January 9, 2025

The Federal Open Market Committee has released the minutes from its December meeting when it made a quarter-point interest rate cut. Fed officials said a more cautious approach will be taken for future interest rate decisions. The officials also cited…

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Farm Credit System Reviews Financial Conditions

Published January 9, 2025

The Farm Credit System had over $448 billion in outstanding debt at the end of the calendar year, a 9.2 percent increase from the end of 2023. The increase in interest rates and the longest-lasting inverted yield curve in history…

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MOU Signed by Bayer and Neste for a Canola Project

Published January 9, 2025

Bayer and Neste have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly scale winter canola as a biomass-based feedstock for renewable products, like biofuels. Neste produces sustainable aviation fuel. Bayer plans to launch hybrid TruFlex winter canola in 2027 for the…

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Using AI to Develop Next-Gen Biostimulants

Published January 9, 2025

Syngenta Crop Protection and TraitSeq collaborating to develop the next generation of biological products for the ag market. TraitSeq is an artificial intelligence company with a proprietary method to identify highly specific indicators of a plant's cellular state. When activated,…

Ag Trade Advisory Committees Named by USDA, USTR

Published January 9, 2025

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the appointment or reappointment of 53 members to serve on seven ag trade advisory committees. The familiar names on the list include U.S. Wheat Associates CEO Vince Peterson, National…

Haase Appointed

Published January 9, 2025

North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong appointed Reice Haase as the director of the State Department of Water Resources. Haase is a former senior policy advisor in the Governor's Office and former deputy executive director of the North Dakota Industrial Commission.

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Grain Exports Lag Despite Speculation of Pre-Tariff Surge

Published January 8, 2025

There has been speculation that grain and oilseed exports would surge ahead of the Trump Administration and the potential implementation of across-the-board tariffs. NDSU Extension Crops Economist Frayne Olson said that pre-purchasing did not materialize. "There may have been a…

Ethanol Exports Reach Historic High in 2024

Published January 8, 2025

U.S. ethanol exports soared to a record 1.72 billion gallons in November 2024, surpassing the previous high of 1.67 billion gallons set in 2018, "It wasn't always the easiest times for corn producers because commodity prices came down, but that…

PFS GM Takes Over IPSA Presidency

Published January 8, 2025

Peterson Farms Seed General Manager Scott Sanders is the new president of the Independent Professional Seed Association. This organization represents nearly 100 seed companies and Peterson Farms Seed is a longtime member.

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Minnesotans Appointed to GHG Advisory Council

Published January 8, 2025

USDA has announced the 36 members of the newly formed Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program Advisory Council. This council will facilitate the participation in voluntary carbon credit markets for farmers. There are three members from this…

Ag Business Articles

A More Cautious Approach to Interest Rates

Farm Credit System Reviews Financial Conditions

MOU Signed by Bayer and Neste for a Canola Project

Using AI to Develop Next-Gen Biostimulants

Ag Trade Advisory Committees Named by USDA, USTR

Haase Appointed

Grain Exports Lag Despite Speculation of Pre-Tariff Surge

Ethanol Exports Reach Historic High in 2024

PFS GM Takes Over IPSA Presidency

Minnesotans Appointed to GHG Advisory Council

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