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Pivoting to food banks raises new hurdles for farmers and the hungry

05/06/20 7:00 AM By Brad Hooker

Switching highly specialized supply chains to an oversubscribed market is raising new challenges as well as questions about how the nation feeds the hungry during crises.

Daybreak: Farm Bureau town hall talks of ‘potholes’ in road ahead

04/29/20 5:01 AM By Brad Hooker

A proposal to tax sugary beverage distributors returns to the Legislature * Tax on sugary beverages is back * Trump gives meatpacking marching orders

Walmart move into beef business 'a test,' CoBank says

02/05/20 6:05 AM By Agri-Pulse staff

Cattle producers, feeders, and packers are unlikely to feel the impacts in the short term of Walmart’s much-publicized entrance into the beef business, a new report from CoBank says.

Rural power systems plug into renewables, while keeping costs down

11/06/19 6:20 AM By Ed Maixner

With solar and wind power systems getting cheaper and coal prices steadily rising, America's rural areas are, often with the help of grants, loans, and tax breaks, getting in step with the global pursuit of renewable power.

CHS tops list of Top 100 co-ops

10/16/19 6:05 AM By Spencer Chase

Agricultural giant CHS Inc. is the largest cooperative in the nation and had more than twice the revenue of any other co-op in 2018, the National Cooperative Bank reports.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Woodall takes over at NCBA

09/25/19 6:01 AM By Hannah Pagel

Colin Woodall is new NCBA CEO, and Farm Foundation taps a new president and CEO.

Agri-Pulse sponsors National FFA Officer Team experience in Washington, D.C.

02/12/18 2:38 PM By Agri-Pulse staff

One of the first official duties of the 2018 National FFA Officer Team is their trip to Washington, D.C.

CoBank commits $7.5M to rural investment fund

01/31/18 6:15 AM By Daniel Enoch

CoBank says it’s committing $7.5 million to a new private equity fund that will promote job growth and economic development through junior capital investments in agribusiness and other rural industries.

CoBank sees mixed but improving outlook for rural America in 2018

Report looks at 10 factors shaping rural economy

01/18/18 6:06 PM By Daniel Enoch

A new report from CoBank has some good news and bad news for the farm economy in 2018.

Electric cooperatives are the rural go-to for broadband access

09/27/17 5:05 AM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - Electric cooperatives are stepping in to aid rural communities with the increasingly essential infrastructure need of internet access, according to a recent CoBank report which says the co-ops are filling in to provide broadband services to consumers in unserved areas of the country.

Open Mic: Claire Babineaux Fontenot

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. Farmers continue to help feed the hungry, but the number of Americans who are hungry and food insecure is greater today than during the Covid pandemic. Babineaux-Fontenot says the food lines may have moved back inside the buildings, but the need for food continues to grow as contributions are down and federal commodity donations have decreased. Babineaux-Fontenot says federal nutrition programs should be amended to avoid food “cliffs” and help individuals transition away from assistance programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

Then, NASDA’s RJ Karney and NFU’s Aaron Shier discuss what agriculture can expect from the Trump administration.

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