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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Biden administration announced $772.6 million Wednesday to support more than 200 projects in rural communities, addressing high-speed internet, drinking water and wastewater.
Groups working to help farmers and consumers get legal rights to the information and parts they want to fix equipment are pushing the Federal Trade Commission for regulations on manufacturers’ repair policies.
Former Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in 2019 that the economic realities of dairy farming were forcing farmers to get bigger or get out of the business. The 2022 Census of Agriculture confirms the continuing trend toward larger farming operations.
Internet service providers will soon be competing to provide high-speed, broadband internet service to the most remote and hard-to-reach areas in the country.
The National Cotton Council’s outlook for 2024 projects U.S. acreage will drop 3.7% this year as producers deal with prices that could fall below the cost of production.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned lawmakers Wednesday that the Supreme Court’s decision upholding California’s Proposition 12 could lead to “chaos,” if other states follow suit in imposing their own standards for food products.
Ag real estate values in the area covered by the Kansas City Fed stayed strong through the end of 2023, according to the latest survey of bankers in the area covered by the Tenth Federal Reserve District.