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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
For months, Republicans and Democrats in Congress have pointed fingers at each other over the rising cost of goods including food as the midterm elections quickly approach, but there are big doubts about how effective any of their proposals will be.
Global demand for grain and protein is expected to remain strong going into 2022, according to several ag economists. But there are several challenges ahead including inflation, skyrocketing input prices, supply chain disruptions and uncertainty over agricultural trade.
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The Trump administration is handing out so much money to farmers that the United States will blow through its spending limit under World Trade Organization rules for 2019 and likely 2020, potentially exposing U.S. farm programs to legal challenges, according to a new analysis.
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued another veiled threat to the U.S.-China “phase one” trade pact as the relevancy of the deal comes under question with perhaps just months left in the Trump presidency.
There’s no immediate relief in sight for American farmers, as corn stocks remain large and increased demand for U.S. crops remains elusive, ag economist Dan Basse of AgResource told attendees of the American Seed Trade Association conference in Chicago Tuesday.
The tough economic times agriculture currently faces could last for almost another decade, an ag economist told the American Seed Trade Association Tuesday in Chicago.
U.S. farmers need to start planning now to survive stagnant commodity markets, agricultural economist Dan Basse told an audience at the American Seed Trade Association Tuesday.
