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The ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee says work has already begun on drafting the next farm bill. U.S. Senator for Arkansas John Boozman tells Brownfield an increase in reference prices will likely be considered in...
USDA Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh has announced she is stepping down from her role at USDA. In a statement on Thursday, Bronaugh says she wants to spend more time with her family. She says serving US farmers and...
A group of Indiana farmers visiting Argentina say the country’s soybean crop has a challenging road ahead. Central Indiana farmer Mark Legan of Coatesville says the crop is late. “We’re seeing varying stages of development,” he...
U.S. red meat stocks at the start of 2023 were above last year’s levels. The USDA says the red meat total was 1.03 billion pounds, up 11% from the start of 2022, with a 7% increase in...
A marketing expert is keeping a close eye on South American weather and what it might mean for U.S. commodity prices. John Heinberg with Global Farm Marketing tells Brownfield with less soybean yield and corn acres...
A new bill in the US House aims to resolve supply chain challenges by improving the interstate trucking system. Representatives Dusty Johnson of South Dakota and Jim Costa of California have introduced the bipartisan legislation known as...
US officials have rejected Mexico’s proposed compromise on biotech corn imports after a series of meetings in the country on Monday. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced in late 2020 that he would implement a decree...
The high price of steel has put a hold on building new barges. Tom Torretti, director of bulk sales and logistics for Consolidated Grain and Barge Company is based in St. Louis. He says, “Today a new...
A livestock economist says even tighter beef supplies are coming. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says placements in December were down approximately 156,000 head, and when he looks at the by-weight category, about a third of the...
The USDA says 1.804 million head of cattle were placed into U.S. feedlots in December. That was down 8% from December 2021 with the usual holiday related slowdown in placements amplified by winter storms in most of...
