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USDA Invests $281 Million in Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that the department is investing $281…
Row-Crop Planting Slows, But Remains Ahead of Average Pace
Wet weather slowed fieldwork in some parts of the country last week, but corn and soybean planting progress nationwide remained…
Corn Prices Range-Bound or Down?
July corn futures prices hovered between $3.15 and $3.25 since late April. Corn prices continue to stay within a relatively…
FSA Expands Set-aside Loan Provision
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will broaden the use of the Disaster Set-Aside (DSA) loan provision, normally used in the…
COVID-19 Impacts on Livestock Markets Persist, While Fed Says Ag Sector “Under Severe Stress”
Recent news articles continue to highlight the ripple effects COVID-19 is having on some aspects of the U.S. livestock market.…
H-2A Worker Positions Increased Fivefold Between Fiscal 2005 and 2019
The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Program provides a legal means to bring foreign-born workers into the United States on a temporary…
Ag Sales to China Tick Upward
China is increasing its purchases of key U.S. agricultural commodities even as political rhetoric between the two countries ramps up,…
Rural Mainstreet Index Inches Up from April’s Record Low
The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) increased slightly from Aprils’ record low. According to the monthly survey of bank…
Rural Areas Struggle With Lack of Broadband During Pandemic
When Karen Eifert Jones had to complete online training to spray dicamba herbicide this spring, she ended up doing it…
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Rules Announced
On Wednesday May 20th, the USDA released more information on the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). In today’s article we…