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An official with the Kansas City Federal Reserve says banks made about 10% fewer non-real estate farm loans in the first quarter. Economist and Vice President Nathan Kauffman tells Brownfield that’s because farmers had more income...
US Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has voiced commitment to making USDA programs and US agriculture more inclusive. “We can do this as a single community, not as a divided community where we are pinning one against the...
Ag groups are making their case in the legal challenge of California’s Proposition 12 this week. Beginning January 1, 2022, Proposition 12 prohibits the sale of pork not produced according to California’s standards and applies to...
US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says despite the threat climate change poses, it has the potential to positively change the direction of US agriculture and create prosperity in rural communities. “Opportunity number one is to take...
An Ohio State University ag economist says President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal could affect estate tax rates. Carl Zulauf tells Brownfield it’s not hard to see the final cost of the infrastructure plan setting the table...
The hog market has been on fire recently, but a livestock economist says that could all change very quickly. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says he doesn’t know how long this will last. “There is risk in...
President Joe Biden met with bipartisan lawmakers Monday to start negotiations on his infrastructure plans. “I think everyone acknowledges we need significant increase in infrastructure. It’s going to get down to what we call infrastructure,” he says. Biden...
There are increasing concerns among farm families about potential tax law changes. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley recently traveled to more than 20 Iowa counties and says a lot of pork producers wanted to discuss some members of...
American Soybean Association economist Scott Gerlt says the agriculture industry can’t be looked at the same way as others when it comes to capital gains tax. Gerlt tells Brownfield agriculture is about three times more asset driven...
Red meat exports for February trended below year ago levels, but the head of the US Meat Export Federation says the 2021 outlook remains strong. Dan Halstrom says the US can hardly keep up with the rapidly...
