Speakers at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting raised doubts about the positive impacts of legislation in Congress that would mandate packers buy a certain percentage of their fat cattle in short-term cash trade sales rather than formula alternative...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The American Farm Bureau has sent its convention registrants an "official health and safety message" urging the wearing of masks and social distancing at its convention. AFBF also has an on-line registration for people to watch the convention virtually.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The first few days of the new year have already brought some agricultural policy news. The Biden administration took a lot of livestock topics and repackaged them as a new initiative, and Canadian officials are determined not to lose even when they do.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
In the first dispute case brought under the USMCA, the U.S. and its dairy industry won in a ruling against Canada about how Canada has used tariff-rate quotas and domestic processors to slow down U.S. dairy exports into Canada. Still, Canadian officials declared their own sort...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
President Biden on Monday afternoon will meet with farmers and ranchers virtually to talk about challenges facing producers in dealing with the nation's meatpackers. USDA will highlight its plans to release several hundred million dollars to help expand packing capacity and also its...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, released a report on Monday on the MFP in 2018 and 2019 examining how $23 billion was paid out in the program. The GAO showed payments by USDA significantly overestimated the actual trade damages suffered by producers of certain...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
President Job Biden had conceded late last week that his $1.7 trillion social-agenda bill would not pass this year, but talks were continuing with Manchin, D-W.Va., whose vote is critical for the passage of the bill in a 50-50 Senate. Manchin, speaking on a Fox News show Sunday...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The funding announcement seemed to be part of push from the White House to highlight multiple infrastructure and supply chain programs in several areas. The White House also on Thursday released a plan to replace all lead pipes for drinking water across the country over the...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with more than 60 other agriculture groups, told the Biden administration on Monday that South African farm workers should be exempted from travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 omicron variant.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program (SMHPP) will pay producers $54 a head for up to 10,000 head sold through a negotiated sale from April 16, 2020, through Sept. 1, 2020.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
In a pair of separate letters, biofuel groups and others wrote Congress to block certain fuels blended with petroleum from qualifying for Sustainable Aviation Fuels tax credits while another letter to EPA seeks a tweak to vapor rules that would allow year-round E15 across the...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
USDA opened signup Wednesday for the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) and announced some changes to expand the program to fairy farmers, including retroactively paying farmers for recent increases in production, as well as retroactively paying farmers for a change in price...
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
The Risk Management Agency made a couple of announcements on Tuesday. One loosened some rules for prevented planting acres and the other one included the roll out of a new program for small-scale producers.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
An Hours of Service waiver was set to expire on Tuesday but the federal government extended the waiver through February. USDA also reported the lowest vaccination rates in the federal government, but the White House is delaying any discipline.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Crop insurance has helped keep more than 80% of producers on the farm, but also has been a factor in eliminating some farms and increasing the size of other farm operations as well. Crop insurance also has resulted in lower market prices for commodities as well.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
Growth Energy, the National Biodiesel Board, the National Corn Growers, the National Farmers Union, and the Renewable Fuels Association on Monday announced their support for provisions and agricultural portions of the Build Back Better Act.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
House Democrats have put their faith in the Senate, this time with an even more narrow majority, to pass their social agenda or risk campaign attacks for programs that never make it into law. They did that in 2009 and lost.
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by Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
As Americans focus more on inflationary issues, the American Farm Bureau pegs Thanksgiving costs increasing 14% from a year ago while USDA estimates the increase at 5%.
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill later this week on the Build Back Better Act. Its mix of social programs, climate initiatives and tax policy changes are projected to cost roughly $2 trillion over the next decade. The American Farm Bureau Federation...
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by Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
China and the U.S. combine roughly 40% of global emissions. The two countries agreed to work throughout the next decade on emission reductions and environmental standards, and move towards the emission-reduction goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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