This year’s Super Bowl between the third and fourth best teams in the NFL was a yawner. It did, however, provide some Super Bowl firsts, like the oldest quarterback and oldest coach ever to win the big game, and the…
Due to the recent lapse in federal funding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has not published a weekly export sales report since December 20, 2018. FAS has resumed daily reporting of export sales and will implement…
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) on Tuesday called for Congress to end the government shutdown and provide the funding President Donald Trump is demanding for a border wall. “So I’m in the room with the other leadership, and…
According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed lifting some, if not all tariffs on China. He may even offer a tariff rollback during the next round of trade discussions. Those talks are planned to begin…
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced many FSA offices across the country will open for three days. In a Tweet, he stated the offices will be open on 1/17 (Thursday), 1/18 (Friday) & 1/22 (Tuesday) to help farmers with…
The House voted late Thursday to reopen the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill passed 243-183, 10 of those votes were Republicans. The Republican-controlled Senate, however, has shown no signs of taking up any of the three funding bills passed…
Farmers are proving they can do more with less as national corn and soybean yield averages climb year after year. Genetics, management and Mother Nature all undoubtedly play their roles, and some states have bigger wins to tout than others.…
The U.S. Trade Representative released a statement following three days of meetings in Beijing: Statement on the United States Trade Delegation’s Meetings in Beijing On January 7-9, an official delegation from the United States led by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative…
The January 11th World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) will likely not be on time even if the government shutdown ends next week. According to Pro Farmer analyst Jim Wiesemeyer, USDA-NASS will need a full week to get the…
While the vast majority of corn has been harvested, there are still some fields that have not seen the combine because of wet grain or swampy field conditions last fall. “If snow melts and soils allow, some farmers may opt…