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Perdue-No More Trade Aid
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue visited Iowa April 29 to talk to farmers and agribusiness people, reassuring them that…
HRW Wheat Tour Ends With Average Yield Estimate of 47.2 BPA
The Kansas winter wheat crop could produce an average yield of 47.2 bushels per acre (bpa), according to the final…
Grassley Mum on Trump’s Trade Meeting Response to GOP Senators
After Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and other Republican senators met with President Donald Trump on trade Thursday,…
Reviewing the State of the Dairy Economy
House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following remarks at the…
Effort Leads To Overhaul of USDA Livestock Insurance
USDA recently announced significant improvements to the Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Plan (LRP), a program that allows cattle producers to…
‘Forever Chemicals’ Ruin Dairies
Food may be the next frontier in research on a wide array of potentially toxic chemicals increasingly showing up in…
Massive Infrastructure Deal Needs Funding and Details
Congressional Democrats say they’ve reached an agreement with President Trump on a $2 trillion dollar infrastructure deal. House Speaker Nancy…
Late Planting and Projections of the 2019 U.S. Corn Yield
Wet conditions in much of the Corn Belt continue to hamper corn planting progress this spring. The USDA’s most recent…
Trade Process Moves Forward on China, USMCA, and Japan, as Farmers Feel Strain
Today’s update briefly reviews recent news articles highlighting executive branch action relating to China, the USMCA (Canada and Mexico) and Japan. In addition, news…
USDA Announces New Decision Tool for New Dairy Margin Coverage Program
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today the availability of a new web-based tool – developed in partnership with the University…