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Opinion: Realigning the value of the dollar will help U.S. family farmers, ranchers

08/06/19 1:00 PM By Roger Johnson

Decades of free and open trade have caused considerable harm to America’s family farmers and ranchers and rural communities. The trade deficit has ballooned to record levels, and U.S. manufacturers are struggling to compete with cheaper imports, forcing them to shutter factories that employ thousands of rural Americans. Even though agricultural exports remain high, farmers’ incomes are on the decline.

Daybreak West for Week of July 8-12

07/08/19 10:47 PM By Brad Hooker

California’s latest water bond * Ag divided over USMCA timing * EPA chief defends shift on climate policy

Candidates use ag merger concerns in rural appeal

05/15/19 6:30 AM By Ben Nuelle

Democratic presidential candidates are trying to make agribusiness consolidation into a campaign issue, and some Republicans as well as farmers also worry that recent mergers are increasingly making it harder for growers to make a profit.

Farm Hand on the Potomac: Harden heads to DMI

05/01/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Harden begins new role with Dairy Management Inc. and USDA's Rural Development appoints new leadership.

Farm Bureau economist encourages long-term look at supply management

04/17/19 6:15 AM By Spencer Chase

In an analysis of dairy supply management policy, American Farm Bureau Chief Economist John Newton says industry coordination to manage the dairy supply “could prove beneficial in the short-run, some reflection should be given on the long-run.”

Carbon projects offer lessons for farmers, lawmakers

03/13/19 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

Climate change and regulation of greenhouse gases are hot topics in Washington again, and Democratic presidential candidates are pledging to make them major issues in the 2020 election. That’s raising questions for the first time in a decade about the role that farmers could be asked to play in reducing carbon emissions, and how growers could benefit.

Johnson sees opportunities for beginning producers, climate action

03/08/19 2:47 PM By Jonathan H. Harsch

NFU President Roger Johnson tells Agri-Pulse a perfect storm has created opportunities for beginning farmers who write solid business plans that take advantage of lower entry costs at a time of depressed commodity prices.

NFU calls for policies to address excess ag production

03/06/19 6:26 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch

The National Farmers Union argues that despite hard-fought gains scored in the 2018 farm bill, it’s urgent to build on these gains by launching new federal incentives to curb U.S. ag production in order to raise farm income.

Pelosi’s past record with ag may point to future

02/20/19 5:35 AM By Philip Brasher

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has at times been a critical ally for farm groups and rural Democrats. They hope they can count her again, this time to get the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement approved, and to keep her caucus from being pulled too far to the left.

USDA proposal to move NIFA out of DC generates opposition

09/19/18 6:41 AM By Steve Davies

Opposition to moving the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., continues to mount, with the National Farmers Union the latest to voice concern about USDA's proposal.

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Rep. Collin Peterson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Representative Collin Peterson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. The Minnesota Democrat believes agriculture is headed for some “serious tough sledding” and is concerned about whether the 2018 farm safety net will be adequate to protect the industry. He worries that market facilitation payments may undermine future needs for additional price supports. Peterson wants answers from the Environmental Protection Agency about the small refinery waivers that are negatively impacting the ethanol industry and farmers and expresses skepticism about farm support for legislation to address climate change.

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Opinion: What do poor balance sheets, trade wars, Impossible Burgers and trial lawyers have in common?

I’m flat busted. My Missouri corn and soybean farm is bankrupt, financially incompetent, a lousy credit risk, upside down--you pick the financial euphemism for a balance sheet that is downright ugly. I’m still paying my bills on time and eating good, due to some profitable years in the recent past, but any honest appraisal of my farm’s future income and liabilities is dark indeed. Of course, if there is any comfort to be found in shared misery, every other producer of corn and soybeans in the U.S. is in the same position.