Category Archives: Agriculture News
Partial Government Shutdown Closes FSA County Offices
Farm Service Agency offices are officially shut down. What does that mean for the second round of Market Facilitation Payments? A DTN report says producers who have already certified their 2018 produc...
Jan 2, 2019
President Weighing NAFTA Cancellation
President Donald Trump and his advisers are reportedly considering canceling the North American Free Trade Agreement to help push the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement through Congress. A ProFarmer report ...
Dec 31, 2018
Perdue Highlights USDA 2018 Accomplishments
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue took a look back at a busy year for the USDA and said his agency accomplished a lot of good things for American agriculture. "We fought for American farmers, ranchers, and pr...
Dec 26, 2018
Some USDA Functions Running Despite Shutdown
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue detailed which functions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will remain available in the event of a lapse in government funding. Some of the programs that...
Dec 24, 2018
Merced Irrigation District Calls For Legal Against Bay Delta Plan
The Merced Irrigation District Board of Directors, according to a news release, is taking legal action against the State's recently adopted Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan and Substitute Environm...
Dec 20, 2018
Farm Groups Push for Ag in EU Trade Talks
A coalition of agriculture groups is asking the Trump administration to keep pushing agriculture issues in the European Union-U.S. trade talks. In a letter sent to the Office of the U.S. Trade Represe...
Dec 19, 2018
USDA Launches Second Round of Trade Mitigation Payments
The Department of Agriculture is launching round two of the trade mitigation payments to farmers. The payments are the second installment of trade aid through the Market Facilitation Program announced...
Dec 18, 2018
Farm Bill Passes House Now Heads to President
The House of Representatives followed through with passage of the farm bill Wednesday, sending the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to President Trump for signature. House members voted 369 to 47 i...
Dec 13, 2018
Farmers Concerned with Lack of Farm Bill
Farmers are expressing concern over the lack of a new farm bill in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The monthly survey in November asked producers how concerned they were r...
Dec 5, 2018
Farm Groups Call for Completion of Farm Bill
With an announced agreement in principle on the farm bill, agriculture groups are calling on Congress to finish the job and pass the farm bill before time runs out this year. The farm bill conference ...
Nov 30, 2018
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