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Today on Farm Journal Live: the latest on the court decision rescinding the label for dicamba from Sonja Begemann and Ken Ferrie and an update on China trade from Senator Chuck Grassley.
Grains receiving good export news. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reporting a couple of flash sales on Friday. One includes 163,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico.
Some Trump administration, including USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, are holding off on the final installment of market facilitation payments (MFP) until they see what happens with the phase one trade deal with China.
The USDA announced today producers participating in federal crop insurance who have a payable prevented planting indemnity for 2019 will automatically receive an extra payment
If the trend continues at the same rate over the next two decades, America will “face a future with too few farms,” say leaders at the American Farmland Trust.
Tariffs on soybeans could mean more producers will be switching to corn next year.
John Phipps says the recent pattern of coping with crop reports resembles the famous Kubler Ross Stages of Grieving. Beginning with denial, we work our way through anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance.
The July WASDE report typically doesn’t create many fireworks, but an already historic year could cause the WASDE and Crop Production reports to yield some surprises. Jim McCormick of AgMarkets.Net explains.
Recent adjustments to crop insurance could make decisions this year even more difficult. John Phipps explains in Customer Support.
Federal scientists have determined that a family of widely used pesticides poses a threat to dozens of endangered and threatened species, including Pacific salmon, Atlantic sturgeon and Puget Sound orcas.