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Spring Wheat Struggling Near East Grand Forks, MN

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The spring wheat is struggling near East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Adams Family Farm owner Chris Adams will wrap up harvest this week. "Wheat yield is down 30 percent. We had 300 to 400 acres sprouting and 150 acres hardly good…

Wheat Debate: Harvest or Crop Insurance?

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Sunshine and warmer temperatures allow farmers to resume fieldwork near Bismarck, North Dakota. Byron Richard is helping a neighbor harvest wheat. The wheat is sprouting. Richard says some wheat growers are in limbo. "Do we wait for another rain to…

MFP 2.0: A Welcome Boost to Farm Income

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Farm Credit Administration CEO Glen Smith says the Market Facilitation Program is a welcome boost to farm income just as much this year as it was last year. In the Northern Plains, Smith says MFP 2.0 will make up about…

Oil Markets Surge After Drone Attack

Published Today

A weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities sent crude prices higher. The drone strike impacts five percent of the daily oil supply worldwide. Brent crude prices were up nearly 20 percent when the markets opened last night. Those gains…

MFP Funding Tied to Stopgap Spending Measure

Published Today

Congress must pass a continuing resolution by October 1 to keep the government running. USDA’s Market Facilitation Program is part of that discussion. House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey may reject the Trump Administration’s request for $30 billion in Commodity…

China Waives Tariffs on US Soybeans, Pork

Published Today

As a sign of good faith, China will exempt U.S. soybeans, pork and other agricultural commodities from punitive tariffs. On Friday, USDA also announced the sale of 204,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans to China. High-level trade negotiations between the…

TransFARMation: Taking Time for a Farm Transition

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One of the most stressful situations for farm families is the transition of passing that farm from one generation to the next. Russ Tweiten focuses on succession planning for AgCountry Farm Credit Services. It can be difficult to hand over…

NPF Hosts Journalists to Learn About Innovations in Food and Agriculture

Published Yesterday

Twenty journalists from across the United States are gathered in St. Louis to learn about innovations in food and agriculture as a part of a training hosted by the National Press Foundation. This includes writers and broadcasters from nationally known…

Managing Costs, Maximizing Opportunities

Published September 14, 2019

A difficult financial year for farmers has been complicated by a trade war and an immature crop. "The storm clouds are building and I want you to be prepared if those storm clouds turn ugly," said Frayne Olson, crops economist,…

Prevent Plant Acreage Claims Still Coming Into RMA

Published September 14, 2019

Prevent plant acres remain a big unknown. Risk Management Agency Administrator Martin Barbre told the Red River Farm Network the USDA is looking at dollars, not acres at this time. "We're at more than $2.5 billion in paid claims for…

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Spring Wheat Struggling Near East Grand Forks, MN

Wheat Debate: Harvest or Crop Insurance?

MFP 2.0: A Welcome Boost to Farm Income

Oil Markets Surge After Drone Attack

MFP Funding Tied to Stopgap Spending Measure

China Waives Tariffs on US Soybeans, Pork

TransFARMation: Taking Time for a Farm Transition

NPF Hosts Journalists to Learn About Innovations in Food and Agriculture

Managing Costs, Maximizing Opportunities

Prevent Plant Acreage Claims Still Coming Into RMA

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