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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Trade tensions, the Trump administration's decisions on biofuel policy, and an oversupply of ethanol are placing ethanol plants in a tight spot financially, forcing some to either shut down or press pause on production until conditions improve, industry officials say.
Medicare expansion proposals could benefit rural health care, if enacted; more realistically, smaller benefits for rural hospitals, and perhaps cheaper drugs for all, may be on the way.
The incident demonstrates how the failure of any one lock can have a huge and potentially catastrophic impact on the regional economy and a number of sectors throughout the nation.
The Agriculture Department will provide larger disaster-aid payments for losses in 2018 than for 2019 and will offer prevent-plant bonus payments of up to 15% for farmers who were unable to seed crops this spring due to the heavy Midwest flooding, according to rules announced Monday.
A lingering downturn in farm profits is starting to show up on the balance sheets of ag organizations, but drops in salaries for the leaders of those groups are exceedingly rare.
Buoyed by the Trump administration's trade mitigation payments, U.S. farm income is expected to increase for the third straight year, but still will not come close to its 2013 peak.
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says President Donald Trump will make an announcement on changes to how the government issues biofuel mandate waivers to small refineries.
Global CO2 levels are increasing to levels that could mean less nitrogen, and fewer nutrients for cattle on rangelands. But Agricultural Research Service staff are finding potential solutions.
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