Ronald A. Wirtz, Director-Regional Outreach, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis There’s an old truism (among many) about farmers: Farmers have to be optimists, or...
A bill seeking changes to agricultural checkoff programs has been re-introduced in the Senate. The opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act of 2019...
The USDA has a habit of surprises and Friday’s Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports were no different. The overall bearish stocks and seeding...
Last week, reports began flowing in of an agreement between the United States and the European Union concerning the long-standing dispute on beef. We’re...
U.S. Senator Steve Daines in a U.S. Senate Appropriations Hearing pressed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao on finding a permanent solution to the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is updating its scrapie regulations and program standards. These updates include several major...
