Category Archives: Agriculture News
Ag Survey At Three-year Low
Commodity price declines, supply-chain disruptions, and coronavirus concerns pushed the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer down to a three-year low in April. The barometer recorded a rea...
May 06, 2020
New Fed Loans Open
The Small Business Administration is offering Economic Injury Disaster Loans and EIDL Advance programs to those in the agriculture industry. SBA's EIDL portal has been closed since April 15th. However...
May 05, 2020
Livestock Producers Get Help
The Department of Agriculture announced a coordination center to assist producers impacted by meat processing plant closures late last week. USDA says livestock and poultry producers face an unprecede...
Apr 28, 2020
Almond Acreage Keeps Growing
According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the USDA, California's 2019 almond acreage is estimated at 1,530,000 acres, up 10% from the 2018 acreage of 1,390,000. According to a...
Apr 27, 2020
Senators Want Farm Payment Caps Removed
A bipartisan group of senators wants the Trump Administration to remove the caps on the amount of direct coronavirus relief farmers can get under USDA's new aid package. Politico says the $19 billion ...
Apr 27, 2020
USDA Addresses Milk Dumping
The USDA's Risk Management Agency is ensuring that milk producers are not inappropriately penalized if their milk must be dumped because of recent market disruptions caused by COVID-19. The RMA is als...
Apr 14, 2020
Meatpackers Close Some Plants Due To Coronavirus
Fears of meatpacker employees contracting coronavirus due to the close conditions they work in have led to several facilities idling production in recent weeks. For example, Tyson Foods has temporaril...
Apr 13, 2020
Cattle Investigation Expanding
Cattle groups and senators have been putting pressure on Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, who responded to the pressure via Twitter. His tweet says the USDA's Packers and Stockyards Division would expand it...
Apr 10, 2020
House Ag Launches COVID-19 Webpage
The House Agriculture Committee is launching a COVID-19 resource webpage to provide information to the agriculture industry. The webpage includes resources and information for agriculture and nutritio...
Apr 02, 2020
COVID-19 Impact on Farming
A poll by Farm Journal shows farmers and ranchers are concerned about uncertainty in commodity markets, the financial stability of their businesses, and the health of their families, and their workfor...
Apr 01, 2020
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