Ag Industry Statements on Trade Assistance: 07.25.2018
- Senate Ag Chairman Roberts’ Statement on USDA Trade Assistance
- Nat’l Cotton Council’s Statement On Trade Assistance Package
- Nat’l Corn Growers Assn’s Statement On USDA Trade Aid
- Wheat Organizations Continue To Support An End To Trade War As Administration Offers Help For Farmers
- Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn’s Statement On Trade Aid
Outline of Programs to Assist Farmers
USDA will use the following programs to assist farmers:
• The Market Facilitation Program, authorized under The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act and administered by Farm Service Agency (FSA), will provide payments incrementally to producers of soybeans, sorghum, corn, wheat, cotton, dairy, and hogs. This support will help farmers manage disrupted markets, deal with surplus commodities, and expand and develop new markets at home and abroad.
• Additionally, USDA will use CCC Charter Act and other authorities to implement a Food Purchase and Distribution Program through the Agricultural Marketing Service to purchase unexpected surplus of affected commodities such as fruits, nuts, rice, legumes, beef, pork and milk for distribution to food banks and other nutrition programs.
• Finally, the CCC will use its Charter Act authority for a Trade Promotion Program administered by the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) in conjunction with the private sector to assist in developing new export markets for our farm products.
07.25.2018
- Trump’s Farm ‘Welfare’ Puts Capitol Hill Republicans in a Tough Spot
- Trump Administration Details One-Time Aid Programs to Help Farmers Facing Tariff Pains
- Soybean Market Carries the Day Tuesday
- Hope Surfaces About Trade Deal with Mexico; Pork, Corn Could Benefit
- Trump’s Visit to Kansas City Brings Ag News and Protest
- House Vote on Guest Worker Bill in Doubt
- Kansas State Study Reports Eliminating Use Of Antibiotics Would Cost Cattlemen $1.8 Billion
- Texas Field Reports: Record High Temps Further Stress Crops
- Alternatives for ARC-CO and PLC in 2018 Farm Bill Negotiations: The Case of Corn
- USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
- DTN Cotton Close: Lower in a Choppy Session
- Cotton Market Roundtable Teleconference, July 27
- Senate Ag Chairman Roberts’ Statement on USDA Trade Assistance
- Nat’l Cotton Council’s Statement On Trade Assistance Package
- Nat’l Corn Growers Assn’s Statement On USDA Trade Aid
- Wheat Organizations Continue To Support An End To Trade War As Administration Offers Help For Farmers
- Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn’s Statement On Trade Aid
07.24.2018
- Crop Progress Report: July 23, 2018–PDF
- Despite Tighter Rules, Dicamba Damages 1.1 Million Acres of Soybeans
- Brazil May Import More Pork, Other Foodstuff to Boost Farm Trade -Minister
- Mexico Pushes for NAFTA Deal by End of Summer
- Senate to Hold Trade Hearing This Week
- DTN Livestock Close: Futures Open Trading Week With Forward Progress7-23
- Shurley on Cotton: It’s Not 90 Cents, But It’s Darn Close
- Wheat Market: Exportable Excess is Slimmer Than You Think – DTN
- Farmer Working Capital Falls to Lowest Level in a Decade
- Pakistan Purchases 360,000 Tons of Soybeans
- Total Number of Cattle in U.S. Growing
- Weekly Outlook: Cattle Up; Tariff Impact Hangs Over Markets
- KC Fed: Large Loans for Livestock Drive Uptick in Farm Lending
- Republicans Introduce New Immigration Bill in House
- USDA Issures: "Cotton and Wool Outlook" Report
07.23.2018
- Senate To Hold Hearing On Foreign Trade, President Trump Threatens More Tariffs
- Trump: U.S. May Have Separate Trade Deal With Mexico
- Navarro Discounts Trade War Impact on Ag
- Farm Bureau Response to Navarro’s ‘Rounding Error’ Statement
- Farmers Express Frustration Over Trump Trade Tactic
- Farmers See Trade War as a 2-Edged Sword
- U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits 22 Year High
- KC Fed: Large Loans for Livestock Drive Uptick in Farm Lending
- Over 3 of 5 Bankers Report Negatives From Trade Skirmishes
- Tariffs and Commodity Prices: Impacts and Reactions
- Wheat’s Subtle Bullish Change
- 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed this Week – July 20, 2018
- Pain of Trade War Goes Beyond Commodities
- Farmers’ Patience “Is Running Out”
- Global Crop Harvesting Robots to Grow 20 Percent in 4 Years
- USDA: Most U.S. Corn And Cotton Acreage In 2018 Used GE Seeds With Stacked Traits
- Cash Is King – Revisited
- PETA Reaches ‘a New Low’ Trying to Capitalize on Trade War with China
- Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Elected Head Of Southern U.S. Trade Promotion Organization
- GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Mick Cornett and Kevin Stitt Talk Agriculture and Rural Oklahoma at 66th Annual Convention of the OCA