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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Two members of the Senate Agriculture Committee have introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting and investing in farmland used for solar production.
Day one of the mission was loaded with information and experiences that gave the delegation a good idea of what kind of market Chile can be for U.S. ag products.
One economist is optimistic that farmers will be able to weather the drop in annual net cash farm income that producers are expected to face next year as agricultural commodity revenues fall and production expenses rise.
Fertilizer prices may yet experience more volatility in Europe and South America, but the situation has mostly stabilized in the U.S., where fall applications will be relatively normal, says Ken Seitz, president and CEO of Nutrien, a major producer of potash, nitrogen and phosphate products.
A shutdown of the federal government would put many of USDA's critical services at risk, including nutrition assistance, marketing and housing loans, and the ability to provide technical assistance to Congress as it works on writing the farm bill, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.
Challenges facing the ag sector such as climate change, rural flight and shifting economics also bring new opportunities to find solutions that benefit those throughout the entire protein supply chain, Cargill Protein North America President Hans Kabat said at Agri-Pulse’s Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City on Monday.
The House is set to debate the annual funding bill for USDA and FDA this week, even as a partial shutdown looms at the end of this week unless House Republicans and Democratic-controlled Senate can agree on a stopgap spending bill.
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