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With only a handful of days remaining in the current 116th legislative session, groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation and others are urging Congress to extend temporary tax provisions.
USDA released their latest Weekly Export Sales report on Friday reveling a big week for U.S. wheat, corn and cotton exports.
Though it sounds like something from Biblical times, portions of Africa are dealing with their worst locust crisis in 25 years according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.
According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, 75 percent of Texas is now enduring drought conditions, up from just over half the state seven days ago.
As the United States begins the process of wrapping up a Congressional session and administration, 15 countries in Southeast Asia have joined with five regional partners in signing the largest free trade agreement in history.
As current claims for unemployment hover around 7 percent, nationwide, one industry is facing a major shortage of workers.
When it comes to selling their crop, farmers can choose a futures contract, an options contract, or a marketing contract.
Speaking Tuesday at the “1+6” roundtable meeting, World Trade Organization Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff urged members to begin serious engagement on improving the WTO, arguing there was enough common ground to reach major new agreements.
The Paycheck Protection Program is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll and was part of the CARES program passed by Congress in response to the coronavirus economic shutdown.
The Purdue Top Farmer Conference is the latest farmer-event to move to a virtual platform.
World merchandise trade appears to have rebounded strongly after plummeting in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but whether growth can be sustained going forward is unclear, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest Goods Trade Barometer.
USDA’s Second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP-2) has doled out more than $10 billion according to the latest data available from the Farm Service Agency.
USDA released their monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday, after the market closed, and surprised traders.
The November Short-Term Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration remains uncertain because responses to COVID-19 continue to evolve.
The U.N. says nearly 690 million people in the world were undernourished in 2020, According to their reporting, the number of undernourished people has increased over the last six years.
An alliance of groups representing farmers, forest owners, the food sector, state governments, and environmental advocates today unveiled an unprecedented set of recommendations to guide the development of federal climate policy.
The WTO’s latest Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures shows a slowdown in the number and coverage of trade-restrictive and trade-facilitating measures on goods implemented by G20 countries.
Farm Bureau’s 35th annual survey indicates the average cost of this year’s Thanksgiving feast for 10 remains affordable at $46.90 or less than $5.00 per person.
USDA released their Weekly Export Sales report on Thursday morning, with a marketing-year high for beef and a marketing-year low for wheat and soybeans.
Researchers at USDA’s Economic Research Service recently evaluated the potential impacts of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies initiative that calls for restrictions in the use of agricultural inputs such as land, antimicrobials, fertilizers, and pesticides in European Union agricultural production.
Lenders continue to be most concerned about the liquidity, income, and leverage of producers. Uncertainty regarding tariffs and trade, the weather, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn is close behind.
raders are preparing for what is considered one of the most important feeder reports of the season, the November USDA Cattle on Feed Report.
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a ruling that borrowers expecting Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness application approval must disallow a deduction for qualified 2020 expenses in 2020 tax returns.
Sesame allergies are becoming more common among U.S. children and adults, with new research establishing it as the ninth most common type of food allergy.
As the farm economy continues to work through a prolonged downturn in the midst of an unparalleled, global economic dislocation, ag lenders remain focused on credit quality.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) distributes billions of dollars a year through programs that, by law, require payment recipients to be actively engaged in farming.
The soybean industry has welcomed back a familiar face as the former CEO of the American Soybean Association returned to work for the commodity group last week.
Overall, farm tractor sales continued to grow across North America in October according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
U.S. pork exports to China have skyrocketed this year as African Swine Fever (ASF) eroded two-thirds of China’s hog herd and drove its hog prices to record highs.
USDA projections for changes in U.S. farm prices between 2020 and 2030 indicate a mixed outlook shaped by the expected recovery in the U.S. and global demand, continued export competition, and market conditions during 2020.
Next year, USDA will begin the process of enrolling new and existing acres of conservation lands into the largest federally administered private land retirement program.
Wheat growers are cautiously optimistic as export sales show signs of improvement in 2020.
The Foreign Agriculture Service released their latest Weekly Export Sales report on Friday, one day later than normal due to the Veteran’s Day Federal holiday on Wednesday.
According to the latest information from USDA for the month of September, U.S. lamb exports were higher in both volume and value.
The American Farm Bureau Federation recently analyzed one of the largest federally administered private land retirement programs, USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program.
Beef exports were fairly steady with last year in major Asian markets but trended lower overall according to recent data released by USDA.
The USDA released their monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates or WASDE report Tuesday.
USDA released their monthly Crop Report on Tuesday, providing a late-season glance at the projected size of the corn, cotton and soybean crops.
Just days after election day in the United States, a handful of returning House members are jockeying for positions to lead the House Agriculture Committee.
Chinese demand for U.S. pork is leading to a record pace for exports, according to data released recently by USDA.
The United States has officially exited the Paris Climate Agreement (as of Wednesday), roughly three and a half years after President Donald Trump pledged to do so.
Floyd and Hale County’s Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agents are your hosts for a series of talks with experts for the 2020 Caprock Cattle Educational Series.
How will the results of the 2020 General Election affect agriculture and rural America? We asked Tom Sell, an ag policy expert with Combest Sell & Associates to give us some insight.
As 2020 draws to a close the U.S. Coin Task Force is asking banks if they are still seeing coin shortages.
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The United States notified the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body Monday of its decision to appeal the panel report in a case brought by China regarding tariffs.
Eight months after signing the Phase One Trade agreement, the United States and China are celebrating the first-ever commercial shipment of U.S. grown rice to China.
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