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GAO finds disparities in 2019 trade assistance

12/20/21 3:34 PM By Philip Brasher

The 2019 version of the Trump administration’s Market Facilitation Program overestimated trade damages and was marked by regional payment disparities among farmers growing the same crops, according to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office.

Meyer tapped as new USDA chief economist

12/14/20 4:11 PM By Spencer Chase

Seth Meyer will be returning to the Department of Agriculture to assume the position of chief economist.

USDA predicts stable crop, record livestock production in 2019

02/21/19 10:47 AM By Spencer Chase

USDA economists expect farmers to increase plantings of corn this spring while reducing their soybean production as the Trump administration's ongoing trade war with China remains unsettled. Record amounts of meat and milk production are projected.

Will USDA forge ahead with proposed changes to ERS and NIFA?

09/12/18 6:44 AM By Sara Wyant

When Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue proposed moving both the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) out of the D.C. metro area last month, quite a few folks within the economic and research communities voiced their opposition. But now, USDA's Chief Economist is offering more insight on the rationale behind the idea - at least for ERS.

Perdue names 3 to leadership team as USDA reorganization takes shape

06/16/17 6:00 PM By Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2017 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today named Jason Hafemeister as his acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs and two other individuals to key leadership roles as he continues the reorganization plan he announced a month ago.

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Biofuel policy, the farm bill and trade could see changes under the new administration and Congress. We asked Torrey Advisory Group President Michael Torrey, NPPC CEO Bryan Humphreys, American Sugarbeet Growers Assn. CEO Luther Markwart and ACE CEO Brian Jennings about their outlook from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting annual meeting.

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