Two of the biggest items on the table for the current farm bill conference are nutrition spending under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the difference in the structure of the commodity programs between the House and Senate farm bills. Both issues have been hit by some predictable but complicating current factors.First, nutrition. The SNAP program has been growing for the past four years. SNAP advocates attribute that to the state of the economy, although that is not necessarily the case. While the economy has grown slowly, it has been doing so for the past three years. Since the third quarter of 2009, there has only been one quarter in which GDP was not positive. What drove SNAP participation more was the expecta...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
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