We reported on Friday that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) is actively pursuing a plan to separate farm programs and nutrition programs into two pieces of legislation. The House Leadership will know more about how this idea will fly with the Republican rank and file by the end of the Independence Day recess when the House returns on 9 July. In the meantime, other ideas on how to move the bill are being considered. According to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma), a couple of these include the following.
Taking the committee-passed farm bill back to the Rules Committee and asking for a closed rule that doesn't allow amendments. Taking most of the amendments that were passed on the floor -- with th...
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...
