In the last, but certainly not least, of the Senate Ag Committee's series of farm bill hearings, lawmakers have finally made their way to the commodity title -- but not without some additional delay. A late afternoon advisory from the committee said that votes on the highway bill have delayed tomorrow's farm bill hearing until Thursday. That will be the day of a long, three-panel hearing on the commodity title, a consensus on which has proved to be elusive. As evidence of that point, below are some of the key witnesses and what they are expected to say on Thursday in support of their various farm bill proposals.All of the above proposals -- except for AFBF, which cuts it drastically to fund other mechanisms -- would eliminate direct payment...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
Key Takeaways: Brazil’s growing role in global agriculture is accompanied by a major vulnerability: the country imports approximately 88 percent of its fertilizer needs. High natural gas costs and development challenges have limited domestic nitrogen and potash production despite Brazil&...
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