…focus on farm safety issues and priorities. With the Fall Harvest just weeks ago, Ag officials want to remind farmers and farm families to review the safety procedures in their…
Soybean Planting in Brazil Arrives with Concerns
…Brazil’s worst recession in decades. Reports say the farmers in Brazil are in a troubling financial spot right now after a bad growing season last year. Many farmers are having…
Farm Groups Want December Action on FSA Loans
…said the 15 farm and banking groups feel a continuing resolution should be used to solve short term funding issues, while the upcoming omnibus appropriations bill could be used to…
Agri View: Education Opportunity for a Veteran
…specifically for veteran farmers and ranchers, financial and resource management training programs at USDA can have a significant impact on helping these farmers establish and maintain successful farming or ranching…
Trump Adviser Talks Agriculture
…on immigration? Clovis said “Ag groups will have a seat at the table to help us go forward with these issues, but we will enforce the laws of this country.”…
House Ag Committee Modernizes Packers and Stockyards Act
…producers receive the law’s financial protections, regardless of whether they sell at a fixed-facility location or through an online video auction. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
TPP Pork Producers’ No. 1 Priority During Fly-In
…rule – that would restrict the buying and selling of livestock. “TPP, the FMD vaccine bank and the GIPSA rule are critically important issues for our industry,” said NPPC President…
Bayer, Monsanto Announce Agreement
…Credit Suisse are acting as lead financial advisors and structuring banks to Bayer in addition to providing committed financing for the transaction; Rothschild has been retained as an additional financial…
State Ag Officials Seek OSHA Enforcement Extension
…of inspectors across the country and states do not have the financial resources to expand their inspection programs. Moreover, due to the stringent standards and technical nature of PSM level…
Pork Producers Can Challenge Information Release
…the three-judge appeals panel said personal information is included in those applications, like names, home addresses, telephone numbers, GPS coordinates of those homes, and information that could lead to financial…
NFU and Farm Aid Looking for Help
…National Farmers Union and Farm Aid Partner to Ask Congress for Immediate Assistance for Financially-Strained Farm Sector Bolstered by National Farmers Union (NFU) and Farm Aid, 275 family farmers are…
Conaway Applauds Initiation of Enforcement Action Against China’s Agricultural Subsidies
…thank Ambassadors Darci Vetter and Michael Punke for their tireless work on these important issues. “Even as U.S. support for American farmers and ranchers declines, we have seen a tremendous…
Four States Offer Ideas for Ag Economy
Agricultural leaders from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa met recently in St. Joseph, Missouri, with each state reporting on findings from surveys of farmers and experts in the financial industry….
Governor Signs Ag Overtime Bill
…California’s agriculture industry. Many believe this will complicate labor issues even more and actually reduce the amount of hours workers will receive. The phasing in process will begin in 2019….