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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 27, 2024
Farm groups and other agribusiness interests and rural electric cooperatives have given nearly $27 million congressional campaigns so far, with nearly two-thirds of that amount going to Republicans.
Agri-Pulse’s annual CEO report details compensation packages for more than 150 executives, based on IRS 990 reports filed this year for salaries paid in 2023 or 2022. The latest reports show a median salary of $460,000, an increase of 8.2% over the median salary disclosed in reports filed in 2023.
Distressed borrowers will be able to defer one annual loan installment at a reduced interest rate and take advantage of a simplified application process for Farm Service Agency loans.
Farm groups are calling for stringent requirements for third-party verifiers of carbon farming projects, including knowledge of crops grown in the U.S. and specific soil types, as USDA seeks to implement the Growing Climate Solutions Act.
A University of Illinois economist says U.S. commercial banks overall are better equipped than agricultural banks to withstand losses and less vulnerable to insolvency, due to a stronger level of capital.
AGCO has agreed to sell most of its grain and protein business for $700 million to American Industrial Partners, an industrials investor worth $16 billion, in an all-cash transaction.
A new analysis finds Americans are increasingly choosing dairy products as snacks, boosting dairy retail sales by 15.4% over the past three years, even as fluid milk consumption declines.