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Saturday, January 23, 2021
A World Trade Organization arbitrator on Tuesday awarded the European Union the right to hit the U.S. with tariffs on roughly $4 billion worth of U.S. goods – including some ag commodities – in retaliation for subsidies provided to Boeing. The next step is for the EU to ask the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body for final authorization to impose the tariffs.
Vice President Mike Pence used his acceptance speech from Fort McHenry Wednesday night to defend President Trump’s trade war with China, an issue Democrats are trying to use against the president in farm country.
The U.S. and China are set to go head to head at the World Trade Organization in Geneva next week in a brewing battle over Chinese wheat and rice subsidies, and neither side is showing any sign of backing down.
When USDA announced its coronavirus relief payment plan it wasn’t clear when – or even whether – farmers would get all of the payments that they are eligible for.
COVID-19 brought a wave of new economic challenges that producers are still working through. But for beginning farmers, the pandemic has added a new level of stress that's making it that much harder to get started in agriculture, echoing the psychological toll of the 1980s.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is making President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis a major campaign focus, and he’s expanded the criticism to include Trump’s management of the disruptions in the food supply.
In this opinion piece, Shari Rogge-Fidler discusses the challenges beginning farmers and ranchers face and the resources they need to help get started.
The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday completed its review of USDA’s plans to provide farmers with $16 billion in direct payments. That means USDA could announce signup for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program any day.
In this opinion piece, Jeff Nunley discusses the important role farmers play in this coronavirus pandemic, but also explains that most of the farmer demographic is at risk with this virus and urges others to take precautions and social distancing seriously.
The Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency is moving forward with reducing crop insurance rates for cropland protected by 28 levees in states bordering the Missouri River.