The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says the ongoing Congressional debate around a farm bill extension and the need for financial aid to farmers is exposing an outdated ag support system. Jonathan Coppess tells Brownfield, “We’ve spent all this time fighting over reference prices for a program that […]
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A U.S. Congressman from Kansas is applauding the U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to remove the state from a proposed National
A second-grade teacher in the Milwaukee Public School system, has been named the 2024 Wisconsin Outstanding Teacher by Wisconsin’s Agriculture in
The 2024 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) is on its way to the President’s desk to be signed into law. Soy
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski says the proposed Continuing Resolution to fund the government, extend the farm bill, and bring disaster aid to
The USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program is awarding $116 million in grants to eight new projects. Michigan Rural Development Deputy State
Congress is under pressure to keep the government open and extend the current farm bill after a bipartisan bill brokered by
Mar. corn closed at $4.40 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.63, up 11 and 1/4 centsJan.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were down sharply ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed numbers, out Friday
Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Contracts found some new interest near the recent mutli-year lows, helped out by
