Items Tagged with 'Tammy Baldwin'

Greater transparency of the U.S. fertilizer market is the goal of a new bipartisan bill led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune. It's the latest acknowledgement from Washington of the impact surging input costs are having on farmers. 

Farm-state senators want a second round of farm aid in coming months that can be combined with other measures to help farmers, including legislation dealing with fertilizer prices. 

The Trump administration is vowing to protect American farmers from "high and volatile" costs of fertilizer, seed, equipment and other key inputs as growers grapple with a difficult agriculture economy.

Donald Trump is headed back to the White House and he could have a sizable Republican majority in the Senate to help him confirm nominees and move his legislative priorities, notably an extension of expiring tax cuts. Trump predicted Republicans would hold on to the House.

The goal of turning corn ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel is a little closer with the announcement that Gevo has secured a conditional, $1.46 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. It’s the department’s first such commitment for an alcohol-to-jet fuel facility. 

USDA is due out today with its quarterly forecast for U.S. agricultural trade. We’ll be watching for the trends in exports and the size of the growing trade deficit.