Articles tagged under: reference prices

Finstad: Budget Bill Boosts Farm Policy

Published May 23, 2025

Minnesota Representative Brad Finstad says the House passage of the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" includes key wins for agriculture. Finstad highlighted provisions that strengthen crop insurance, extend discounted coverage for young farmers, and update reference prices for ARC and PLC…
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Grassley: Reference Price Change a Start

Published May 22, 2025

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the proposed reference price changes in the House budget reconciliation bill are a step forward, but may fall short in addressing the inflation experienced since the passage of the 2018 farm bill. While calling the…
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Farmers Want ‘Markets, Not Mailboxes’

Published May 9, 2025

Minnesota Congressman Brad Finstad wants Washington to take swift action to address the growing uncertainty in agriculture. Finstad, a farmer himself, emphasized that farmers are not seeking handouts but need stronger markets to support their operations. “Challenges on the market…
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Corn Growers Testify on Farm Bill Priorities

Published May 8, 2023

National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Harold Wolle testified about the importance of protecting crop insurance programs in farm bill hearing this past week with the U.S. Senate Ag Subcommittee on Nutrition and Forestry. “Our farm bill recommendations seek…
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Safety Net ‘No Longer Realistic’

Published May 8, 2023

During a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Forestry hearing, American Sugarbeet Growers Association Vice President Neil Rockstad emphasized the importance of updating Title I. “The current loan rate values no longer provide a realistic safety net for our producers,”…
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Correction

Published January 27, 2023

In last week's edition of FarmNetNews, there was a story about soybean reference prices with an inaccurate acreage number. The story should read 30 million acres of soybeans were grown last year that were not covered by ARC and PLC.
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