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GROWMARK Inc. to acquire Southern States Cooperative wholesale assets

08/07/20 11:16 AM By Ben Nuelle

Illinois-based agricultural cooperative GROWMARK Inc. has struck a deal with Southern States Cooperative to assume its wholesale agronomy, fuel and propane assets.

New bill seeks bans on insecticides, paraquat

08/05/20 6:35 AM By Steve Davies

A new bill would ban two widely used classes of pesticides and allow citizens to petition the Environmental Protection Agency for designations of pesticides as “dangerous,” which could lead to suspension of their registrations.

Dairy farms getting bigger as economies of scale drive consolidation

08/05/20 6:25 AM By Noah Wicks

The size of the average dairy farm is growing as consolidation drives greater concentration of production across many different regions with prominent dairy production.

Farmer sentiment holds steady in July

08/05/20 6:10 AM By Spencer Chase

A measurement of the state of mind in farm country showed little change in July and remains far lower than levels observed prior to the pandemic.

Farm bankruptcies up in the last year, but down in the last six months

08/05/20 6:05 AM By Noah Wicks

Farm bankruptcies have increased 8% over the last 12 months, but filings have slowed over the last 6 months as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the U.S. economy, a new American Farm Bureau Federation Market Intel report says.

Washington Week Ahead: Coronavirus relief talks slip into August

08/02/20 10:30 AM By Ben Nuelle

The Trump administration and House Democrats have yet to reach a coronavirus relief deal, and billions in agriculture funding and food assistance increases hang in the balance as the high-level talks move slowly.

DOJ says DFA can't use status as co-op to shield itself from antitrust claims

07/29/20 3:57 PM By Steve Davies

Dairy Farmers of America cannot use a law designed to equalize farmers’ bargaining power with corporations handling agricultural products to protect itself from antitrust claims, the Justice Department said in a court filing.

Farm relief, SNAP benefits in play as aid talks heat up

07/29/20 6:54 AM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

A key senator involved in developing the Republican coronavirus relief package for farmers defended the broad authority it gives to USDA to spend $20 billion in farm aid, but he said the Trump administration likely will need to provide assurances about how the money will be spent.

USDA has released the long-awaited beef market report. Now what?

07/29/20 6:36 AM By Spencer Chase

Last week’s report from the Department of Agriculture offered a laundry list of reasons for why beef markets behaved the way they did after two cataclysmic events hit the sector in as many years. But the 21-page document also contained something else: a legislative and regulatory to-do list for an industry well-known for infighting and disagreement.

Additions to Dem platform target farm chemical use

07/29/20 6:25 AM By Steve Davies

Critics of agricultural chemical usage have won new language in the Democratic Party's proposed 2020 platform that call for the federal government to ban chlorpyrifos insecticide and provide assistance to farmers to reduce applications of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

Barbara O’Brien, President and CEO of Dairy Management Incorporated

This week’s Open Mic guest is Barbara O’Brien, President and CEO of Dairy Management Incorporated. O’Brien has more than 20 years of experience working for dairy farmers and in the dairy industry. Through challenges of the cyclical nature of the industry as well as the pandemic and shifting consumer trends, the industry is holding it’s own with consumers and developing partnerships with the food industry that’s expanding the positive message of milk and other dairy products. O’Brien addresses the effort the dairy industry has put forward toward good nutrition, sustainable production and overall product safety.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 19, 2024: Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., on farm bill, specialty crops

California Democrat Salud Carbajal sits on the House Ag Committee and is working on his first farm bill. He joins us to discuss the latest politics surrounding a farm bill timeline and whether or not the House Ag Committee can meet a Memorial Day deadline proposed by House Ag Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa. He also discusses the challenges facing the specialty crop industry and how mechanization can be used to help workforce shortages.

Then, Dennis Nuxoll with the Western Growers Association and Tom Sell with Combest, Sell & Associates join to chat about the political environment facing a farm bill and challenges facing specialty crop producers.

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