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Former President’s warning comes amid food price increases.
With the fall of Eastern Livestock and other buyers, what should be done to ensure payment on the commodities you sell.
Budget remains one of the biggest factors that will shape the coming U.S. farm bill.
Beginning farmers get grant support; big market rallies require temperance; New members in Congress will need ag schooling; watch IRS requirements for prepaying expenses
While agriculture primarily focuses on who runs USDA, people at other agencies are just as important.
Farm Journal and Farm Foundation teamed up in 2009 to host “A Conversation with the Secretaries”, featuring seven of the former Secretaries of Agriculture.
The Federal Reserve’s plan to keep interest rates where they are buy $600 billion of Treasuries, should mean good news for agriculture.
Politics blamed for bailouts to Southern farmers who didn’t buy crop insurance.
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FDA, Congress seeking answers to salmonella outbreak
The last decade has been witness to the primacy of monetary policy as the main tool used by policymakers in the stabilization of inflation and output.
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Minneapolis newspaper editorial urges the banning of raw milk sales.
Lawmakers’ road map is taking them through farm country.
The government is making plans for legislation to reduce the U.S.’s carbon footprint. Will agriculture receive a stamp of approval?
CNH has confirmed that it is choosing selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology as the method to meet interim Tier 4 standards.
The afternoon panels testifying in the USDA and U.S. Department of Justice hearing on dairy market consolidation in offered a fascinating lesson in the dynamics of fluid milk markets.
The Internet lit up last week about a possible Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas tax on dairy cows that would amount to a $175 per cow annual fee simply for ruminating.
Links to university calculators to help you decide if you should enroll in ACRE
The Ohioans for Livestock Care coalition and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) have reached an agreement to implement eight farm-animal care reform issues.
In an effort to “recharge America,” USDA announced this week it is developing a regional strategy to help achieve the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standards.
President Barack Obama’s budget plan for fiscal year 2010 contains more problematic details than most expected. At least one of the ag provisions is labeled dead on arrival. The provision: Deny direct payments to farmers with gross sales of more than $500,000—and shift those dollars to nutrition efforts.