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Improvements to Margin Protection Program Advance
…below $4 per hundredweight. It would also change the USDA’s margin calculation to a monthly calculation, providing more stability. Along with lower premiums, the changes would raise the threshold for…
Farm City Newsday, Wednesday 7-26-17
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Chlorpyrifos Ban Introduced in U.S. Senate
…a number of crops such as soybeans, wheat, alfalfa, citrus, tree nuts, peanuts, vegetables, and others, from losses to insect pests. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Bankers List Goals for New Farm Bill, Ways to Prevent Farm Crisis
The Independent Community Bankers of America is urging Congress to adopt a new long-term farm bill incorporating five broad goals and offered enhancements to USDA programs to prevent a farm…
Crop Insurance Comments Could Jeopardize Clovis Nomination
…to the Hagstrom Report. Clovis was nominated by President Trump to serve as the USDA undersecretary for research, education, and economics. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.K. and U.S. Taking First Steps to Trade Deal
…Food and Rural Affairs. The newly established U.S.-U.K. Trade and Investment Working Group will explore trade priorities for the two nations. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Mad Cow Disease Cost
…than 5 American trade and commerce organizations were pressed into quick service to try to avoid total calamity. Quick negotiations were started with China, Japan, and a dozen other countries….
Input Needed for Dairy Revenue Protection Program
…and would be administered through the Farm Bureau Insurance Agency. “The policy, very simple in design, allows a farmer to ensure their quarterly revenue from milk sales,” Newton stated. …
Readout on Principals Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force
…White House, Treasury, Labor, Justice, Energy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and USDA staff. Secretary Perdue noted that the Task Force met for the first time at USDA on…
Farm City Newsday, Tuesday 7-25-17
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Senate Committee Blocks E15 Bill
…May that the EPA was working to determine whether the agency had the authority to allow year-round sales of E15 fuels. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm Groups Support Clovis Nomination
…a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts Monday expressing support for the nomination. The groups, including the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and the American Farm Bureau Federation,…
Multiple Rounds of NAFTA Negotiations Expected
…election in July 2018. The first round of talks on renegotiating NAFTA is due to begin in Washington on August 16th. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….