Ag Policy Blog

At least two Cargill grain elevators on the Mississippi River have stopped taking corn and soybeans because the bins are full, and they can't send grain down the river fast enough. Meanwhile, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials on the Missouri River are reducing water releases...

The U.S. Trade Representative's Office on SUnday rejected a formal investigation request into Mexican fruit and vegetable exports to the U.S. that had come from Florida lawmakers who claimed Mexico is targeting Florida produce.

Well, they aren't paying out right now, but farmers can now enroll and change their acreage election for the 2023 Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC).

In a keynote speech at the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue, the head of U.S. global food and development aid highlighted the rising costs of humanitarian food aid. U.S. food aid costs have gone up 50% in just the past two years. Other countries need to step up their...

Changes were made to the Dairy Margin Coverage program last year by USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) to offer a new Supplemental DMC program. The feed cost formula was also adjusted to address retroactive, current and future feed costs, USDA stated. Those changes will...

Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada's agricultural minister, said agricultural production losses from extreme weather events is a bigger risk to food production in her country than the government's emission targets. The agricultural minister had expressed her frustration over...

In their farm-bill policy platform, RIPE and its board members want Congress to take a look at $18 billion that was part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for conservation programs and change the payment formula for programs such as the Environmental Quality Incentives...

RMA states the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and Micro Farm are two comprehensive risk management options for farmers. RMA said the policies are important to specialty crop, organic, urban and direct-market producers. RMA is holding some workshops on the policies over...

RMA states the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and Micro Farm are two comprehensive risk management options for farmers. RMA said the policies are important to specialty crop, organic, urban and direct-market producers. RMA is holding some workshops on the policies over...

DTN Political Correspondent Jerry Hagstrom highlights a letter from senators to USDA officials, as well as some policy goals coming from state agricultural directors.