Articles Tagged with ''dairy''

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is headed for easy approval on the Senate floor, but the uncertainty surrounding the impeachment process could mean farmers and ranchers will have to wait several more weeks for that final congressional vote.

Borden Dairy became the second major dairy processor to file for bankruptcy in the last three months this week as the company announced it had “initiated voluntary reorganization proceedings.”

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday easily approved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement with a bipartisan 25-to-3 vote, potentially setting the trade pact up for a speedy floor vote.

In this opinion piece, Joanne Lidback shares her thoughts on USMCA and the impact it has on the dairy industry.

The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement easily clears the House Ways and Means Committee, teeing up a vote of the full House on Thursday.

A congressional agreement to fund the government for fiscal 2020 includes an additional $1.5 billion in disaster relief for farmers and would revive the biodiesel tax credit and extend it through 2022.

Producers will have an extra week to sign up for Dairy Margin Coverage and the Market Facilitation Program.

The U.S. agriculture sector — from pork producers to vegetable farmers — is relishing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s agreement to a deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, but farm groups won’t be satisfied until the House and Senate ratify the trade pact.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders gave the green light on Tuesday to a revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and, according to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, a floor vote on the new North American pact could get a floor vote next week.

U.S. dairy farms welcome a jump in milk prices, but market joy is clouded by a battering of feed crops, long-term economic stress for many, and probable disappearance of USDA payments.