⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Farmers urged Congress strengthen price and revenue support programs, take a new look at crop insurance and streamline the way for migrant labor during a Farm Bill listening session...
Farming has always been a contest of wills between farmers and forces largely beyond their control — weather, the economy and the glacial pace of legislation. In 2020, all three are in play as growers in Arkansas and elsewhere...
Informative presentations, an extensive trade show, and an opportunity to network with some of the leaders in corn and soybean production are all on the agenda for the 2020 West Tennessee Grain and Soybean Producers Conference.
This University of Tennessee...
House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) has introduced the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, House Resolution 2 — known informally as the 2018 Farm Bill.
In releasing the wide-sweeping legislative proposal April 12, Conaway said in a statement,...
Farmers are urged to complete the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, which should be arriving in their mailboxes in December. The census can be returned by mail or securely submitted online.
University of Missouri Extension economist Ryan Milhollin...
The American Soybean Association and Valent USA have partnered on the newly created Soy Leaders of the Future program, which will improve young people's understanding of major policy issues that impact soybean farmers.
Program participants also will learn the importance of...
Recently, the American Soybean Association (ASA) released remarks in which it stated that ASA welcomed legislation introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and backed by a bipartisan group of senators including Sens. Michael Enzi (RWyo.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Jeff...
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency has put forward a Good Performance Refund proposed rule with the intent of returning a portion of a farmer’s out-of-pocket premium based on his or her good insurance experience.
The United State’s Department of Agriculture’s...
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