Policy
Text highlights from USDA World Agriculture Supply & Demand Estimates report.
Corn and soybean prices expected to decline going forward.
Jim explains what it means relative to a new farm bill.
It left the borrowing rate-based charge for February unchanged.
USDA will seek public comments for 60 days.
Every weekday “AgriTalk” shares live, on-air conversations—and sparks many more across farm country.
While the fiscal cliff showdown left farmers holding their breath, resulting legislation should allow them to breathe easier.
Now that the election and the threat of falling off the fiscal cliff have subsided, maybe we can shift our focus to trade.
While mental health and training are important considerations for gun ownership, law-abiding citizens should be allowed to own firearms, AgWeb.com readers say.
Very minimal drought improvement across the U.S. was reported last week.
Highlights from USDA’s 2012 crop production summary report.
Farm cooperatives posted record sales and income in 2011, beating the previous record sales year of 2008 by $10 billion, according to USDA.
The law is the biggest change to food industry oversight since 1938.
Does the 2012 drought mean sky-high crop insurance premiums for 2013? Absolutely not, says William Murphy, administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA).
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The legislation would avert the milk cliff.
Washington insider Marshall Matz reflects on the Obama administration’s recent gains in protecting food security around the globe. He spoke during the 2012 Farm Journal Forum.
Lawmakers looking to avert automatic budget cuts and tax increases next year may include a package of cuts to ag subsidies as part of a bill.
Tier 4 emission standards takes effect on January 1, 2011 and it is changing the way manufacturers make their engines.
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee is expected to share his views on what the lame-duck Congress has in store for farm policy.
An accord will help ensure that post-patent products continue to meet global regulatory and stewardship obligations.
Organization says going over the fiscal cliff could push U.S. back into recession.
Meanwhile, coffee farmers in Cuba experienced significant setbacks.
A panel of institutional farmland investors recently discussed their investment results and expectations.
Rains improve moisture for developing wheat in the FSU.
This week’s Farm Journal Pulse shows farm country voters are leaning red.