…says Brown. A good-sized number of options have been discussed, including reducing the premiums or allowing dairy farmers to purchase more coverage. Some proposals also include going back to the…
USDA to Measure Final 2017 Row Crop Production and Grain Stocks with Two End-of-Year Surveys
…producers. Producers can lose out when there is no data to determine accurate rates for loans, disaster payments, crop insurance price elections, and more.” The County Agricultural Production Survey will…
Working on Sugar Support Programs Before 2018 Farm Bill
…default on loans. The Act would take away price supports and repeals current marketing and quota requirements that help to control the amount of sugar moving through the American marketplace….
Advancing from Sustainable to Regenerative Agriculture
…and reduce overall emissions. LaSalle describes the two biggest challenges that farmers are facing are the loss of soils and how changes in weather patterns are affecting yields. Through new…
Global Food Prices Reported Lower
…down. The vegetable oil, sugar and meat price sub-indexes all decreased, while cereal grain prices were up a half a percent, led by higher rice prices even as wheat quotations…
Western View: The Emperor of the United States
…pound. Suddenly other shipments arrived and the price dropped to three cents a pound, and Norton was bankrupt. After that disaster, he lived quietly till 1859. That was when he…
Insurer Suing ABC over BPI Settlement
…not, in fact, covered by its policy with AIG. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports AIG said that its policy specifically excludes coverage for legal claims that allege “malice,” which BPI’s…
USDA Announces Enrollment Period for Safety Net Coverage in 2018
…starting Nov. 1, 2017, farmers and ranchers with base acres in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net program may enroll for the 2018 crop…
NAFTA Notice Would Devastate Farm Economy
…would actually take effect.” The groups contend that if a withdrawal notice is issued, that action would result in a loss of at least 50,000 jobs in the U.S. food…
Farm Bureau Supports Proposed Safety Net Fix
Legislation introduced by Senators Heidi Heitkamp and Joni Ernst would make changes to the Agricultural Risk Coverage program. American Farm Bureau Federation and other farm groups penned a letter to…
Midwest Senators Introduce Farm Safety Net Fix
A bipartisan bill introduced this week seeks to strengthen and improve the Agriculture Risk Coverage-County Level program, which helps farmers when commodity prices fall to damaging levels. Introduced by North…
2016 Crop Experienced Lowest Raisin Prices in Over a Decade
…in prices for the 2000 crop. An oversupply of raisins was the major contributor to such low prices. California packers were holding onto a significant amount of product from the…
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Lists Farm Bill Priorities
…noted the “challenging price environment” farmers are dealing with in explaining the need for a timely farm bill. The council’s framework outlines eight general principles to be included in the…
USDA Offers Help to California Agriculture
…livestock death and feed losses, risk coverage for specialty crops, and repair of damage to agricultural and private forest land. The wildfires have impacted seven counties in California’s wine country….