An amendment to the Hurricane Sandy relief bill that would have extended livestock and specialty crop disaster assistance into next year failed in the Senate yesterday. The amendment would have extended livestock disaster assistance and the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for one year. That outcome leaves the farm bill still up in the air. Meanwhile, with the dairy Milk Income Loss Contract program expired, Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, Representative Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota) said he would oppose any fiscal cliff bill or farm bill extension that doesn't include his dairy overhaul. At this point in the fiscal cliff negotiations, Speaker Boehner (R-Ohio) is worried that he'd lose votes if a farm b...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
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