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It expects increases of 1.5% to 2.5% for all food and food-at-home prices.
She will be in charge of developing wide-ranging climate-change rules that business group oppose and faces challenges over water protection guidelines fought by farmers.
A five-year farm-policy bill House Republicans passed and sent to the U.S. Senate now faces opposition among the Democrats needed to craft the final law.
An Iowa facility has been cleared to slaughter horses for human consumption, the second such operation approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a week.
A New Mexico facility has been issued a grant of inspection.
Next step: bill could come back to floor next week
He also talks about his support for AGRA and challenges of world population growth in Senate briefing.
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.