November 1, 2024: How the Election May Impact Agriculture, and More Top Ag Headlines

Next week’s election could significantly affect the agricultural sector, and this week’s headlines will cover topics including the spending from political action committees (PACs) sponsored by farm organizations, agribusiness firms, and electric cooperatives. Additionally, we’ll explore why other nations are closely watching the United States in the lead-up to the presidential election. In this week’s episode, we’ll also discuss the first detection of H5N1 in swine, an update on the devastating losses faced by poultry contract growers in Iowa following the Pure Prairie Poultry incident and frustrations regarding the upcoming rule mandating electronic identification tags, which goes into effect on November 5. We’ll also touch on the lack of guidance on the 45Z production credit. This week’s featured interview will provide insights on crop planning for 2024 and beyond into 2024, featuring experts from Redstar. We’ll hear from Tom Stanton, Head of Redstar Branded Fertilizer, agronomist John Person, and sales agronomist Coltin Schachtner. Follow us daily with agriculture content on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube in addition to our weekly videos!