Shutdown squeezes overseas ag promotion

01/16/19 6:36 AM By Bill Tomson

It’s been months since any funds have been available for government programs that help American farmers sell their commodities overseas.

Rivals outspending U.S. in promoting exports

02/14/18 5:20 AM By Daniel Enoch

U.S. investment in foreign export promotion is way behind spending by the European Union and other rivals, a new study finds.

USDA announces $174 million to promote ag products overseas

11/15/17 2:45 PM By Daniel Enoch

Some 66 commodity groups and trade organizations will be dividing nearly $174 million to promote their products overseas under Market Access Program (MAP) allocations announced by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service for the 2018 fiscal year.

Corn, soy, wheat groups applaud bill to boost funding for ag export programs

09/20/17 4:21 PM By Daniel Enoch

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 – Organizations representing producers of U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat offered strong support for legislation introduced in the Senate today that would double funding for two federal cost-share programs designed to spur overseas demand for the nation’s three biggest crops and other agricultural products.

Advocates plan farm bill push for export promotion funding

03/14/17 8:00 AM By Spencer Chase

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15, 2017 - Even amid an uncertain trade environment, farm groups will look to the upcoming farm bill to secure more funding to promote U.S. agricultural products to foreign buyers.

Commodity Classic: Curbing farm bill expectations

03/05/17 3:48 PM By Spencer Chase

WASHINGTON, Mar. 8, 2017 - For agricultural groups, membership meetings in the months leading up to a new farm bill can be peppered with fiery dialogue about the best path forward to fix the current legislation. At last week’s Commodity Classic, that didn’t happen.

AFBF President Zippy Duvall

This week’s Open Mic guest is Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The COVID-19 pandemic is just the latest in economic challenges for the nation’s farmers and ranchers. Duvall offers his gratitude for administrative and legislative assistance for agriculture but shares that the economic threat to the nation’s food supply is far from over. He offers thoughts for additional assistance as the U.S. Senate prepares to consider another round of financial assistance for the nation. The Georgia farmer shares thoughts on challenges faced by the renewable fuels industry as well as trade challenges that remain with Canada and Mexico even after implementation of the USMCA.

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Because of Covid, many Kansans have witnessed a troubling scene most have never encountered—empty shelves at the grocery store. This meant people experienced a new kind of fear. The fear of going hungry.

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As the Senate prepares to consider more coronavirus relief later this month, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., talks with Agri-Pulse about how Democrats plan to approach a new aid package, his priorities for immigration reform, and what Congress can do to help a struggling rural health system.

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