Democratic Congressional leaders say they have reached an agreement with President Trump to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure. Congressional leaders met with the President at the White House on Tuesday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York called the…
The U.S. trade deficit jumped nearly 19% in December. That pushes the trade imbalance for all of 2018 to a decade-high of $621 billion dollars. The Commerce Department says the gap between what the U.S. sells and what it buys…
Hope for averting a partial government shutdown dissipated Thursday afternoon as House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters President Donald Trump would not sign a stopgap funding continuing resolution already passed in the Senate. "The president informed us he will…
Wednesday the Federal Reserve announced it would raise the target interest rate range for federal funds to 2.25% to 2.5%. This 25 basis point increase is the 9th highest interest rate increase since the financial crisis, according to Yahoo Finance.…
Cannabis Named A Commodity Crop In The 2018 Farm Bill While the full text of the 2018 farm bill hasn't been released yet, U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., says the new bill will look a lot like the one that…
Expectations are that the 2019 cotton crop is going to be big--just as big as the one in 2018 and maybe bigger. Farmers are likely to seed 14 million acres of the crop across the Cotton Belt areas of Texas,…
Government health agencies in the U.S. and Canada warned consumers, retailers and restaurants to avoid romaine lettuce Tuesday in yet another E. coli outbreak with cases in 11 states and Canada. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all…
In midterm elections, the political party in office usually hits some headwinds while its opposition gains some ground. But whether the Republican party retains control or the Democrats can take it away — in either the Senate or the House…
For four consecutive years, Nebraska farmland prices have declined. For 2018, the state’s farmland prices average $2,270, which is a 4% drop from a year ago, according to the final results of the 2018 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market survey.…
The House cleared its version of the farm bill Thursday on its second try with a vote of 213-211. Members of the House approved the bill which includes work requirements for some food stamp recipients under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…