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USDA announces $152 million investment in Iowa rural development
Funding targets 19 projects to boost infrastructure and economic growth in agricultural communities.
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Association News
USSEC marks 30 years of partnership with Vietnam through new agreement
Memorandum aims to strengthen sustainable agriculture and trade between nations that exchanged $1.4 billion in recent deals.
During a trade mission co-sponsored by the U.S. Soybean Export Council, Vietnam’s Minister of Agriculture and Environment signed a Memorandum of Understanding with USSEC members and other companies to purchase more than $1.4 billion in U.S. agricultural products, including soybeans, corn, wheat, meat, distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and timber.
Legislative News
Bipartisan bill aims to expand E15 fuel access, cut regulatory hurdles
Industry groups praise legislation to simplify retailer requirements and lower consumer fuel costs.
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Grain Facility Renovations & Builds
Scoular completes new office at Kansas grain facility
Second major investment at Coolidge site includes community conference space.
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Association News
Iowa corn farmers secure key leadership roles at the USGBC
Four representatives elected to positions that will help shape agricultural trade policy.
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USGBC seeks to revive corn exports to Bangladesh
Market opportunity emerges as India’s ethanol program reduces regional supply.
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Transportation
BNSF cuts soybean rail rates to southern markets
Three family members killed in blast that officials link to combustible dust at wood pellet facility.
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Animal Feed Manufacturing
Hemp seed meal for poultry feed receives AAFCO publication
After two-year wait, hemp producers gain crucial approval while still facing state-level hurdles.
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Transportation
US grain rail shipments rise 9 percent over previous year
Increases seen across multiple transportation modes as barge movements jump 25 percent year-over-year.
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Business & Markets
Heavy rainfall brings drought relief to Southeast as Western conditions worsen
Contrasting weather patterns create mixed drought picture across the nation with Rockies facing deterioration while Plains see improvement.
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Commodities
Record crop meets trade woes in fall storage crunch
U.S. grain industry faces a storage bottleneck with a potentially massive corn harvest and stalled China trade talks.
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Business & Markets
Swiss industrial leader Urs Bühler dies at 82
Longtime Bühler Group chairman transformed family business into global technology company during five-decade career.
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