Much like a colonoscopy, every few years it is time for another farm bill, and the process of creating one is about as much fun. Passed in 2014, the current iteration is the 17th since the first farm bill was passed in 1933 during the Great Depression as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. It expires in 2018, and the agriculture committees of the House and Senate began work on the next one several months ago. House Ag Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-TX) has indicated he hopes to have a bill put together by February 2018. The 2014 Farm Bill contains 12 titles, which cover commodities, conservation, trade, nutrition, credit, rural development, research and extension, forestry, horticulture, energy, and crop insurance...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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