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Farmer sentiment hits 32-month low

06/04/19 10:41 AM By Sara Wyant

For the second month in a row, agricultural producer sentiment experienced a big decline, erasing all gains recorded following the November 2016 election and indicating weaker expectations for the future.

Long-stalled disaster aid clears Congress

06/03/19 3:41 PM By Philip Brasher

The House on Monday finally cleared a $19.1 billion disaster aid package that will benefit farmers and communities who suffered from a series of natural disasters stretching back nine months.

Washington Week Ahead: House set to clear long-awaited disaster aid

06/02/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

House Democratic leaders look to finally push through on Monday a $19.1 billion disaster relief bill that a handful of conservative Republicans blocked from passing while most lawmakers were out of town for the 10-day Memorial Day recess.

Trump’s new tariffs seen as latest threat to USMCA

05/31/19 1:52 PM By Bill Tomson

Just days after dropping steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexico and Canada, President Donald Trump is threatening to reinstate new tariffs on all Mexican goods.

EPA ends E15 restrictions ahead of deadline

05/31/19 10:08 AM By Spencer Chase

The Environmental Protection Agency is lifting restrictions on summer sales of E15, checking off a top policy priority for corn growers and the biofuel industry but kicking off a new chapter as the battle likely heads to the courts.

Trade tensions drive decline in latest export forecast

05/30/19 4:24 PM By Ben Nuelle

USDA's Economic Research Service cited trade tensions, African Swine Fever, and weak commodity prices in trimming its export sales forecast for fiscal 2019 by $4.5 billion.

Perdue mulls inclusion of unplanted acres in trade aid

05/30/19 3:23 PM By Bill Tomson

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday left open the possibility that farmers who file prevented planting insurance claims may still be eligible for payments under the new trade assistance package.

Former Senate Ag Chair Thad Cochran, 81, passes away

05/30/19 11:15 AM By Spencer Chase

Thad Cochran, former chairman of the Senate Appropriations and Agriculture Committees, passed away Thursday morning in Oxford, Mississippi.

Rural broadband deployment report receives mixed reviews

05/29/19 4:52 PM By Ben Nuelle

Some 4.3 million rural residents gained access to fixed broadband in 2017, but 21.3 million Americans still lack the service, according to a new Federal Communications Commission report.

Questions surround trade, disaster relief as farmers struggle to plant

05/29/19 6:45 AM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

The Trump administration’s announcement of a new trade assistance package, plus congressional agreement on disaster relief for prevented plantings, will put billions of dollars into the struggling farm economy, but the prospective aid is injecting new uncertainty into the planting decisions facing growers across the soggy Plains and Midwest.

Open Mic: Randy Russell, President of the Russell Group

This week’s Open Mic guest is Randy Russell, President of the Russell Group. The race for the White House and leadership of the 119th Congress is coming down to the wire. The majority of polls show very narrow margins, but Russell suggests some trends may be developing as indicators of a Harris or Trump administration. Russell says history could be made in this Congressional election but control of the House of Representatives may not be known for several days after Nov. 5. Disaster assistance will likely be on the Lame Duck agenda and perhaps an economic assistance package for farmers, however, Russell says a new five year farm bill will likely be added to an already stacked legislative agenda in 2025.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Oct. 25, 2024: Sen. Peter Welch on farm bill, Harris-Walz presidency

Election day is less than two weeks away. Senate Ag Committee member Peter Welch, D-Vt., joined the show to discuss what a Harris-Walz presidency could mean for agriculture.

Then, American Farm Bureau Federation’s Joby Young and Jonathan Coppess from the University of Illinois discuss the possibility of a farm bill being passed this year and how a disaster aid package may be written to support farmers.

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