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U.S. Pork Industry Request Additional ASF-prevention Measures
Thanks to continued vigilance by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and…
Does Replanting Corn Always Deliver an Economic Return?
Keeping marginal stand counts might be the best option when measured against costs to replant. A seven-year Arkansas corn trial…
USDA Offers New Crop Insurance Pilot Program for Nursery Crops in 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced a new crop insurance pilot program, Nursery Value…
Secretary Perdue Announces New Innovation Initiative for USDA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the Agriculture Innovation Agenda, a department-wide initiative to align resources, programs, and…
Debate Over MFP Fairness
Bart Fischer, a former House Agriculture Committee chief economist who is now a professor at Texas A&M University, said here…
Several Common Tax Strategies on IRS Watchlist This Tax Season
Tax breaks commonly used by farmers and ranchers also tend to raise red flags with the Internal Revenue Service, increasing…
Warm Weather Has Texas Strawberries Ahead of Schedule
Mild winter conditions have Texas’ strawberry crop flowering and fruiting before the possible threat of a killing freeze has passed,…
China Considering U.S. Farm Purchases by March as Coronavirus Impacts Persist
Bloomberg News reported this week that, “China is considering making some purchases of U.S. agricultural goods by early March as a way…
Cotton Economic Outlook
The coronavirus in China represents “a significant wildcard” in the world cotton market, the National Cotton Council said in its…
Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information
Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual Level (ARC-IC) will make payments in 2019 for farms that are entirely prevented plant…