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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Agriculture groups must build a broader base of support for farm programs by strengthening relationships with nutrition advocates, environmental groups and minority farmers, a trio of farm policy veterans told leaders of the National Corn Growers Association on Thursday.
U.S. supermarket prices jumped 1% in June, led by continued increases in the cost of dairy and bakery products as well as fats and oils, helping fuel another 1.3% surge in the country's overall cost of living.
The 2018 farms bill’s main commodity programs will probably provide little help to most farmers who struggling this year with soaring production costs, but lawmakers included key provisions in the 2018 farm bill that could help growers significantly over the next few years.
A conservative group that most House Republicans are members of is calling for deep cuts in commodity programs and crop insurance to save taxpayers billions of dollars.
The Agriculture Department will allow double cropping to be insured in hundreds of additional counties this winter in an effort to address shortages of wheat and other commodities as a result of the war in Ukraine.
The number of unfilled grain car orders shot up 231% during the second quarter of this year, according to an American Farm Bureau Federation analysis of government data.
Dicamba damage to soybeans, trees, ornamentals and other plants is back again this season, and a leading seed developer is asking growers to send proof.
Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week as Democratic leaders are desperately trying to cobble together an agreement on a reconciliation bill that could fund President Joe Biden’s climate agenda.