Articles tagged under: reference prices
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,”…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.Hoeven: A Boost in Reference Prices Needed
Published August 4, 2022
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven supports an increase in reference prices for the new farm bill. "Reference prices have to be updated for inflation or they're not relevant. We've had to update this in the past, but clearly, we're going…