Statistics show the nation's farmers are struggling to pay back their loans after years of low crop prices _ with nearly one out of every five loans in a government farm program now delinquent.
Despite vocal opposition from Democrats on the panel, a Republican draft of the farm bill was passed out of the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday on a party line vote.
Democrats and Republicans said they reached a tentative deal on farm legislation after jettisoning controversial work requirements for food stamp recipients.
The VAS Platform is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that provides dairy operators with real-time access to critical data and reporting from anywhere with an internet or cellular connection.
U.S. agricultural cooperatives are building new soybean crushing plants at the fastest rate in two decades as farmers in the world’s top producer prepare to sow another record area with soy.
For the fifth consecutive year, global grain and oilseed yields have topped the long-term trend. This high level of production has exceeded use in most years.
President Donald Trump took to twitter ahead of trade talks between the U.S and China, touting the benefits of tariffs. Purdue Univ. economist Wally Tyner fact-checks the President's tweet.
News is breaking late Friday. President Trump is announcing of a Phase 1 agreement between the U.S. and China concerning trade. Clinton Griffiths, the Host of AgDay, has analysis from a Washington Correspondent.
On Wednesday, U.S. farmers got the news they had been fearing for months. China announced plans for retaliatory tariffs against American soybeans, the nation’s No. 2 crop. Farmers from across the Midwest comment.
Trade talks with China are set to kick back up next week in Washington, D.C. and Farm Journal Washington Correspondent Jim Wiesemeyer thinks there's a 98% the U.S. will see a trade deal soon.
