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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, March 10, 2025
Producers were more optimistic about their farming operations in June after a beneficial spring planting season and the implementation of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
The latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer indicates that producers were growing more optimistic in July, but the ongoing trade spat with China may impact the next survey.
About half the Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency offices will reopen temporarily during the government shutdown, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Wednesday.
As U.S. leaders pledge to increase tariff rates on Chinese products and the Asian giant plans to retaliate, more farmers are asking: “How do tariffs really work?”
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - Farmers who don’t have access to conventional crop insurance are showing increasing interest in the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), which was expanded by the 2014 farm bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 – USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service on Wednesday detailed the final organic animal welfare rule it will release this week, and the finished product looks awfully similar to its previous proposal.
