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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Producers were more optimistic about their farming operations in June after a beneficial spring planting season and the implementation of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
USDA's Farm Service Agency announced Thursday that producers who miss the July 15 acreage reporting deadline will not face a late filing fee if they file within a month of the deadline.
A House spending bill for the Agriculture Department would provide another $1.1 billion for rural broadband in fiscal 2021, a $435-million increase more than Congress provided for this year.
Senators are privately discussing agricultural provisions in the next major coronavirus relief bill, which Republican leaders hope to get passed by the August recess.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says there are a handful of unanswered questions in the effort by small refineries looking to secure relief from past blending requirements of the nation’s biofuel mandate.
House Democrats are proposing a sweeping plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that calls for major increases in land retirement as well as conservation incentives on working lands to keep carbon in the soil.
As Congress looks at crafting another potential coronavirus relief package, Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai said funding for rural broadband should be at the top of the list.
A new bill introduced Tuesday would allow for meat processed at certain state-inspected facilities and sold via e-commerce to be shipped across state lines.
The lack of respirators, needed to apply certain pesticides, is cause for concern in farm country, but how much of a concern depends on whom you ask and where they’re located.
Grain markets are rallying after USDA officials estimate 92 million acres of corn are planted for 2020, which is sharply lower than the department’s 97-million-acre prediction in March.