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Contacts indicate some of draft may be changed via a manager’s amendment.
With the EPA lacking an administrator, many environmental policy questions remain unanswered for livestock producers.
The farm bill is a complex piece of policy covering energy, agriculture, nutrition and the environment. Private land conservation was the first to come to a standstill.
Find out what the big news could be with Friday’s USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports.
Meanwhile, highs will approach 90-degrees in Texas today.
Details from the Grain and Oilseeds Outlook breakout session.
Vilsack details risks at USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum.
Corn and soybean prices expected to decline going forward.
Text highlights from USDA World Agriculture Supply & Demand Estimates report.
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.
Now that the election and the threat of falling off the fiscal cliff have subsided, maybe we can shift our focus to trade.
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.
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.
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 law is the biggest change to food industry oversight since 1938.
Farm cooperatives posted record sales and income in 2011, beating the previous record sales year of 2008 by $10 billion, according to USDA.
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.