Articles by Spencer Chase

Flattened fields and busted bins: Assessing Midwest storm damage

08/12/20 6:40 AM By Spencer Chase and Ben Nuelle

Industry analysts, government officials, and insurance adjusters are trying to make sense of just how much damage was done by the heavy winds that cut through the heart of the Corn Belt in a Monday storm system.

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.

Logemann sues FFA over removal from national officer team

08/01/20 5:00 PM By Spencer Chase

Lyle Logemann has filed a legal complaint against the National FFA Organization, seeking compensation including punitive damages stemming from his removal from the National FFA officer team in June.

Lohr to depart NRCS post

07/31/20 6:10 PM By Spencer Chase

Matt Lohr, who has served as the only appointed chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service during the Trump administration, is leaving USDA, he announced Friday in a social media post.

Daybreak July 31: Stabenow adamant on food assistance increase in coronavirus bill

07/31/20 9:16 AM By Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, and Spencer Chase

The Senate Agriculture Committee’s top Democrat is insisting the next coronavirus relief bill contain more money for food assistance.

Jacobs, Balderson join House Ag GOP roster

07/30/20 2:20 PM By Spencer Chase

Representatives Chris Jacobs and Troy Balderson have joined the House Agriculture Committee.

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.

Daybreak July 23: House Dems challenging Trump on meatpacking

07/23/20 9:09 AM By Philip Brasher, Spencer Chase, Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

The House takes up legislation today to fund USDA, FDA and other agencies for fiscal 2021, and Democrats will use the debate to target President Donald Trump’s effort to address the coronavirus-related slowdowns in meatpacking.

USDA recommends beef market changes, but leaves unanswered questions about probe

07/22/20 3:28 PM By Spencer Chase

The Agriculture Department makes a series of recommendations to Congress for addressing price volatility in cattle markets, but the industry was left in the dark about the results of an investigation into alleged price manipulation by beef processors.

Court upholds IID rights to Colorado River water

07/22/20 10:21 AM By Spencer Chase

A three-judge panel has ruled that farmers do not have special privilege to water for irrigation use, handing a victory to the Imperial Irrigation District in a long-standing legal battle with farmer Michael Abatti.

Frey Farms CEO Sarah Frey

This week’s Open Mic guest is Sarah Frey, President and CEO of Frey Farms. As this year’s winner of the Woman in Produce Award from the United Fresh Produce Association, Frey is a shining example of a true entrepreneur who saved the family farm and grew a business that encompasses a variety of specialty crops grown in multiple states. In this interview, Frey offers her thoughts on the challenges of seeing ag labor reform in Washington, the shortfalls of the recently enacted USMCA, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought permanent change to the food retail sector. The author of a new book, “The Growing Season” which will be released later this month, she shares her thought about developing future leaders in agriculture.

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Opinion: Animal Disease Prevention: Critical to the Nation’s Public Health

Dr. Doug Kratt with the American Veterinary Medical Association, discusses why we must recognize that zoonotic diseases, or diseases transmitted from animals to humans, remain a constant threat to animal health, public health, and the nation’s food supply.

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Washington Week in Review: Aug. 7, 2020: Rep. Glenn Thompson on COVID aid, new farm bill

Negotiations on new coronavirus aid from Capitol Hill are showing no signs of real progress, leaving many to wonder what the relief picture will look like for production agriculture and federal nutrition assistance. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., joins Agri-Pulse to discuss the state of those talks and how farm policy might respond to the pandemic and other challenges in the years to come.

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