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Farmers, who were unable to get into their soggy fields to plant corn due to record rainfall this spring, are not only faced with bags of seed they can't use, they are also looking for warm season cover crop seeds which may be difficult to find.

Ethanol producers are hopeful for an increase in year-round E15 gasoline sales after the Trump administration okayed its summertime sale, but consumer demand will likely be modest due to fears of litigation, a lack of blender pumps, and challenges posed by some state regulations.

Farm sector exports and profits are down sharply as escalating tariffs choke off international trade. Yet one group is benefitting from the tariff wars: over 40 million food insecure Americans who struggle to buy groceries.

The Department of Agriculture lowered corn production and yield estimates in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand report released Tuesday.

A group of 25 organizations is calling on the FCC to open a further notice of proposed rulemaking that grease the wheels for rural broadband access using TV “white spaces,” or unused spectrum between TV channels.

House Democrats are rolling out a series of fiscal 2020 spending bills that reject a range of White House spending cuts while challenging key Trump administration priorities and regulatory rollbacks at USDA, EPA and other agencies.

Bipartisan sponsors in the Senate and House are looking to boost Chapter 12’s farm debt limit to $10 million.

Nearly 1,688 farms and 1,716 rural businesses across 34 states have requested $522 million in grants for USDA Rural Development’s first round of funding for the ReConnect Pilot Program.