Articles tagged under: USDA
December USDA Report Highlights Lower Ending Stocks
Published December 11, 2020
USDA made smaller than expected changes in the December Supply and Demand report. USDA left U.S. corn ending stocks at 1.7 billion bushels, reduced the soybean ending stocks by 15 million bushels to 175 million bushels and lowered wheat ending…What Tom Vilsack Brings to the Table for USDA
Published December 11, 2020
The Russell Group President and ag lobbyist Randy Russell said no one has a better relationship with the President-elect Biden than Tom Vilsack. "That will be extremely important for the agriculture and food industry on all of these policy debates.…Farm Groups Congratulate Vilsack’s USDA Nomination
Published December 10, 2020
Farm groups are congratulating former U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack for his nomination to lead the USDA. The National Pork Producers Council said they look forward to working with Vilsack to expand exports, strengthen biosecurity and ensure other foreign animal…Biden Picks USDA, USTR and Housing and Urban Development Leaders
Published December 10, 2020
Former Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is the Biden transition team's nominee to lead the USDA, but Vilsack wasn’t the only Cabinet nominee announced on Thursday. Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge will lead the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Fudge was…DMC Enrollment Deadline is Friday
Published December 7, 2020
USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce is urging farmers to sign up for the Dairy Margin Coverage program before the application deadline closes this Friday, December 11. Over 7,800 dairy producers had signed up by the end of November.…Remainder of ARC-Individual Payments Coming Soon
Published December 4, 2020
Farmers may still be waiting to receive Agricultural Risk Coverage – Individual program payments from USDA. This is because of holdup with new software that was developed to calculate those ARC-Individual payments."Some payments were issued in late October. We found…USDA Boosts Net Farm Income in Revised Forecast
Published December 2, 2020
The USDA’s Economic Research Service increased its net farm income forecast by 43 percent to $119.6 billion. With an inflation adjustment, this puts net farm income at the highest level in seven years. The majority of the farm income increase…Barbre Recommends More Farmers Serve at USDA
Published November 30, 2020
In the current administration, key USDA agency leads are farmers. That includes Risk Management Agency Administrator Martin Barbre. The past four years helping other farmers navigate crop insurance is the opportunity of a lifetime for Barbre. "When I got to…Wiesemeyer: Focus on the USDA Subcabinet Picks
Published November 30, 2020
There’s lots of buzz about who could be the next leader at the USDA, but one political analyst thinks there's not enough focus on the subcabinet position picks. If former North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp is not selected to lead…