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Lawmakers aim for year-end deal as midterm elections loom.
With debates over SNAP, Prop 12 and E15 heading to the full chamber, one Arkansas senator emphasizes bipartisan momentum to protect family farms.
StoneX analyst doubts Belarusian potash will materially lower US prices or boost supplies
USDA set new ARC/PLC enrollment deadlines this week and added 30 million base acres for 2026 and 2027. Economists say this gives farmers a clearer read on the programs, but warn against chasing whichever pays the most.
Boozman declines to reopen the bill for amendments as Democrats keep pressing on SNAP cost share. Year-round E15 and mandatory COOL make the cut, now the question is whether the Senate can find floor time before the end of the year.
Despite widespread concerns over summer weather damage, USDA’s September WASDE corn yield came in almost exactly where the trade expected, which left stocks-to-use, not yield, as the number driving the market.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announces new approach to streamline reporting, improve acreage and yield estimates, while expanding privacy and transparency across agricultural data.
Just days before the Douglas, Ariz., port of entry is set to welcome Mexican cattle, a confirmed bovine case in Sonora throws the USDA’s phased reopening timeline into question.
Industry analysts expect the move could ease phosphate pricing pressure, though not necessarily return the market to “normal.”
Tapped by Secretary Rollins, Kip Tom is building a faster, satellite-driven replacement for NASS’s aging survey system, one he says could turn monthly reports into biweekly ones by year’s end for multiple crops.