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As federal policy decisions tend to heavily impact rural industries, the outcome of the 2024 election promises to significantly shape the rural economy in the year ahead. CoBank’s annual report outlines what to expect.
Nutrien focuses its business on helping feed a growing global population “from the ground up.”
For the ag sector, Brazil is positioned to be the big winner and France the big loser.
Large-scale family farms (GCFI of $1,000,000 or more) accounted for 48% of the total value of production and 31% of agricultural land in 2023.
The expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline could play a pivotal role in mitigating the potential impacts of tariffs threatened by President-elect Donald Trump on imports from Canada and Mexico.
While it’s unclear how Congress will push through the Farm Assistance and Revenue Mitigation Act, it’s likely going to be via the Continuing Resolution. Depending on how payments are calculated, farmers could receive $101 per acre for corn, $53 for soybeans and $73 for wheat.
Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would appear to violate a free-trade deal.
Trump’s ability to bypass Congress through executive orders provides him with a powerful tool to reshape SNAP and other welfare programs.
New World Screwworm is a serious veterinary pest that can cause severe damage to livestock and wildlife populations. The detection of New World Screwworm in Mexico and the subsequent USDA actions may have significant implications on trade and travel.
The question becomes whether threats of tariffs include barring used cooking oil imports outright or merely tariffing the product, especially from China.