…top buyer of U.S. corn. However, NAFTA is just one piece of the Trump trade puzzle that the industry wants solved quickly. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm Bill Conference Meeting Date Set
…pass the Senate. The Senate version of the bill does not include the controversial work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Canada Expecting High-Volume Crop Season
…does note that global trade disruptions this year could make the situation less predictable for grain companies trying to assess market risks. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Seeking Public Comments on HOS Regulations for Truck Drivers
…After the announcement, Executive Director of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Allison Rivera, released the following statement: “We are grateful for FMCSA’s willingness to consider options…
Commodity Prices Have Landowners Searching for Additional Income
Low commodity prices have landowners searching for alternative incomes, according to Farmers National Company. The company says this is especially true as farmers head into harvest of the 2018 crops…
Another Poll Shows Farmer Support for Trump Fading
…some respondent’s comments were positive declaring President Trump the “best president America has ever had” while others are proclaiming him “the worst.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Canadians Happy with Trudeau Handling of NAFTA
…December. Four-in-ten expect the negotiations to produce a revised NAFTA that is either a fair deal or overly favorable to the United States. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
China Hopeful for FTA with Canada
…Canada blocked a $1.5 billion takeover of a construction firm by a Chinese company, starting a trade deterioration between the two nations. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
American Prefer Grocery Stores Over Online Ordering
…make at home, 45 percent of adults report eating out at a restaurant at least weekly and 31 percent order takeout food. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
AFBF, Coalition Seek Reprieve from Order Reviving Flawed WOTUS Rule
…“Enormously consequential national regulations like the WOTUS rule—which subject commonplace activities involved in building, farming, and pest management to a complex and burdensome federal permitting and enforcement scheme—should not apply…
Rural Mainstreet Index Rises
…50.0. In terms of the sale of farm equipment over the next 12 months, bankers expect sales to decline by 7.8 percent. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Beck’s, Stine, Seek Further Dicamba Restrictions
…the EPA is expected to issue a decision on renewing the registration within weeks. Monsanto expects the EPA will extend the approval. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Canada May Rejoin NAFTA Talks this Week
…seeing a quick agreement as a political win, before the U.S. midterm elections and before a new President takes office in Mexico. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Concerns Growing over USDA Reorganization
…located in Washington. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition charges further, suggesting that the move “fundamentally endangers, our country’s capacity for agricultural research and development.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting…