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Outcome-based pricing aims to reduce farmers' financial risk

01/08/20 6:25 AM By Ben Nuelle

How about input prices linked to outcomes? Supporters say it could be another tool for farmers to offset financial risk at a time when weather, trade, and commodity price uncertainty are plaguing the market.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Bechdol appointed to deputy director general at FAO

12/03/19 2:59 PM By Hannah Pagel

Beth Bechdol is now the deputy director general at Food and Agriculture Organization, and ACSESS has tapped Nick Goeser to serve as CEO.

On tap: $14 billion market for soil carbon and clean water

09/25/19 6:25 AM By Ed Maixner

Conservation advocates, major corporations and farm groups band together to launch a private market to reward soil carbon and clean water.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Woodall takes over at NCBA

09/25/19 6:01 AM By Hannah Pagel

Colin Woodall is new NCBA CEO, and Farm Foundation taps a new president and CEO.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: LeGrand tapped to lead USGC

05/08/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

The USGC taps its Mexico council director to become the new president and CEO.

Ag research funding delivers big returns, Farm Foundation panel says

09/19/18 4:54 PM By Steve Davies

Private-sector funding of agricultural research has been growing quickly in recent years, but that does not diminish the importance of using public money to support advances in farming, a panel of experts said at a Farm Foundation forum at the National Press Club Wednesday.

Experts say gene editing is a great thing that must still be sold

07/17/18 2:12 PM By Ed Maixner

A Farm Foundation panel agrees that the science of gene editing has arrived, and now the challenge is acceptance.

OECD sees rising farm output, lower income

07/11/18 5:20 AM By Jim Webster

World agricultural production is increasing and demand growth weakening, causing lower real farm prices for the next decade, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Swelling flocks and herds need long-term solutions

01/31/18 6:34 AM By Ed Maixner

The world's accelerating demand for protein foods spells challenges for animal agriculture.

Can non-federal funds bolster farm conservation needs?

11/08/17 6:24 AM By Jim Webster

Policymakers and opinion leaders might want to think about farms and ranches as part of the infrastructure on which the modern economy depends, American Farmland Trust (AFT) President and CEO John Piotti told a Farm Foundation forum in Washington last week.

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Roger Johnson, President of National Farmers Union

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Roger Johnson, President of the National Farmers Union. Earlier this year the North Dakota native announced he’ll not seek re-election. Johnson and NFU support policy to keep more farmers on the land and remain concerned about the economic health of rural America. Johnson offers his thoughts on agriculture’s place at the table on climate policy, his frustration with the EPA’s administration of the renewable fuels standard and challenges developing the next farm bill.

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Meet the Farm Hand: Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, USTR

In this interview, we sit down with Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, assistant U.S. Trade Representative for agricultural affairs and commodity policy at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. We discuss past trade deals, her favorite negotiations to work on, how one balances a personal life with working on U.S. trade deals, and her plans after retirement.

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