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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
GE crops have had positive outcomes for producers | No human health issues found in extensive two-year review
Sens. Roberts, Stabenow keep trying to find compromise on thorny topic
Ag spending bill | Farm credit | Regulations & ag | Reports on GMOs, TPP
By Bill Horan: Rockwell City, Iowa Trust the science and play by the rules. It’s that simple. The Environmental Protection Agency should remember these two principles as it thinks about a crop-protec
While more spending than conservatives want, funding linked to cuts in entitlement programs
By Bill Horan: Rockwell City, Iowa President Obama caused a stir across the pond last week when he waded into the debate over whether the United Kingdom should quit the European Union. President Obama urged the
Current level of payouts likely to increase slightly in coming weeks
Host of adjustments made to meat price forecasts
By Carol Keiser: Belleair, Florida It’s worse than we had feared. That’s what public-health officials confessed this week about the Zika virus. “Everything we look at with this virus seem
By Le Thi Trang Nha: Binh Duong Province, Vietnam Half a century ago, my country was at war with America. For two decades, a brutal conflict ravaged both the United States and Vietnam. I lost my grandparents in
2015 crop data also shows active loan redemptions
Having it both ways on crop insurance, farm bill programs
Budget markups | Immigration & Supreme Court | Financial constraints in ag
From too complex (ARC), to not working at all (cotton), to changes needed (dairy)
By Nyasha Mudukuti: Chikombedzi, Zimbabwe My country’s government would rather see people starve than let them eat genetically modified food. That’s the only conclusion to draw from the announceme
Agriculture, energy the two downbeat sectors; US dollar impact noted on ag exports
USDA sent proposal to OMB several weeks ago
Amendments adopted on swaps, GIPSA, school lunches, tobacco and sodium levels
International Trade Commission report requested by Senate Finance panel
House Appropriations panel to mark up spending bill Apr. 19
Upcoming hearings a good time to look back at 2014 Farm Bill, and ahead to next one
USDA WASDE | Ag financial pressures | Energy and rural economy | Ag spending
Use of program for 2015 crops is already easily above 2014-crop levels
By: Joni Kamiya-Rose: Kaneohe, Hawaii Farmers are the musicians of the land. This thought struck me as our family celebrated the 100th birthday of one of my great uncles. During the gathering last year, we li
Changing Republican lawmaker attitudes, elections impacting timeline, votes
Comments largely echo those from March presser after FOMC
Congress out | USDA reports Thursday | Employment report Fri.
Urge EPA to get RFS ‘back on track’ in 2017 volume requirements