April 9, 2025

Sioux City leaders to vote on restoring funding to anti-discrimination watchdogs

Leaders in Sioux City may reconsider a plan which drastically reduced the budget for the local human rights commission. The city council slashed the panel’s budget in February by $140,000 dollars, more than a third. During this week’s meeting, supporters of the Sioux City Human Rights Commission packed the council chambers. Dan Moore is the […] View Full Story

Renewed worries over Trump’s tariffs and the impact on agriculture

Farm commodity groups are calling on the Trump administration to negotiate with trade partners and find new markets amid escalating tariffs and retaliation. The president imposed steep tariffs last week on products from dozens of nations, while he put tariffs on Mexico and Canada earlier this year, the largest importers of corn and ethanol, respectively. […] View Full Story

Bill calls for catfish ‘noodling’ licenses in Iowa

A bill to make it legal to go “noodling” for catfish in Iowa lakes, streams and rivers is under consideration in the Iowa House. Representative Ray “Bubba” Sorensen of Greenfield sponsored the bill to have the state start issuing noodling licenses after hearing from Iowans who want to try to catch catfish with their bare […] View Full Story

Next WASDE could bring corn opportunity

An agricultural economist with Advance Trading says the USDA’s next supply and demand report could provide farmers with some opportunities. Brian Basting says corn feed usage numbers will be important. “This report will be the first report after the Grain Stocks Report and that report revealed some disappointing feed usage.”  He says, “We would need […] The post Next WASDE could bring corn opportunity appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story