The fiscal cliff legislation that brought about the nine-month extension of the 2008 Farm Bill could mean that what nearly accomplished in terms of a new farm bill may start over as a whole new ball game. It is worth looking back at how we got to this point.In 2011, as per the Budget Control Act,
The debt ceiling was raised by $1.2 trillion in three steps: $400 billion immediately, then $500 billion, the remainder after Congress voted on a deficit reduction package and a constitutional balanced budget amendment, and the last tranche as necessary; Discretionary spending growth was capped by $917 billion over 10 years; and, A supercommittee was formed to craft $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years.
The supercommittee process fa...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
