Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law on foreign farmland ownership regulations

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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law on foreign farmland ownership regulations

Foreign landowners would be required to provide details to the state about their land owned in other states greater than 250 acres, in addition to requiring the Iowa Secretary of State to file an annual report on foreign farmland ownership in Iowa for consideration by state officials.

Farm-state GOP senators call for higher crop insurance subsidies

Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee proposed a $4 billion injection into the crop insurance program so that the government would pay a larger share of the premiums on policies offering the highest levels of coverage.

USDA to halt July cattle report and some crop data, citing budget levels

While the USDA will still release a cattle inventory report each January, the July update has been of particular interest to traders in recent years as the U.S. beef cattle herd shrank to its smallest size in decades due to drought.