U.S. agriculture depends on trade and is always looking to expand opportunities for overseas business. Trade was a big topic during a presentation at NAFB’s Washington Watch. Gregg Doud is vice president of global situational […]
On this morning’s weekly export sales report from USDA, we saw corn net sales for old crop at a marketing year low 192,700 MT, down 75 percent from the previous week and 80 percent from […]
President Joe Biden visited an Illinois farm Wednesday to announce action for U.S. farmers in the wake of the Russia/Ukraine war. The measures include increasing the number of counties eligible for double cropping insurance. The […]
Senate lawmakers call on the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to dramatically improve transparency and consultation with Congress on pending trade negotiations. Led by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, members of the Senate Finance Committee […]
The plight of farmers facing record input costs and a war and pandemic-battered global economy was front and center on Capitol Hill this week. This year’s bad enough with record fuel and fertilizer costs, but […]
From 2007 to 2019, labor force participation rates decreased 2.6 percentage points for people aged 25 to 64 in the rural United States and 0.7 percentage points for the same age group in urban areas. […]
The Department of Agriculture and the Economic Development Administration Wednesday unveiled a joint resource guide. The guide seeks to help community organizations access USDA and EDA resources to build strategies to boost economic development in […]
Appearing on an Illinois family farm, President Biden announced today that his administration would be giving farmers additional tools and resources to boost crop production and maintain global food security. The announcement comes as the […]
Story By Russ Quinn, DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) — Retail fertilizer prices continue to be mostly higher compared to last month, according to prices tracked by DTN for the first week of May 2022. […]
The 2022 Soybean Yield Guide from Agricultural Economic Insights looked at the potential range of possibilities for this year’s soybean harvest. David Widmar is an agricultural economist who says the soybean yield guide looked a […]