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From Farm Journal’s Ag Web As the ag industry prepares to flip the calendar and head into a new year, even experts and insiders have more questions than answers. The long-delayed farm bill and 45Z biofuels tax credit guidance have kept the industry in a frustrating limbo, while high interest rates and low commodity prices push it toward recession. Read ... Read More »

From world-grain.com New tariffs on top US trade partners would make American agricultural goods harder to market abroad while simultaneously raising costs for farmers, food manufacturers and consumers, if recent threats made by President-elect Donald Trump come to fruition, according to agriculture industry groups. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

From Farm Policy News Progressive Farmer’s Chris Clayton reported Monday that “Congress returns this week facing a Dec. 20 deadline to approve a new funding resolution to keep the government operating, as well as potentially pass a disaster package and a farm-bill extension before wrapping up the year.” “Lawmakers will be negotiating the funding and provisions of a disaster aid ... Read More »

The National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) released the following statements in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Brooke Rollins to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Congratulations Brooke Rollins on her nomination to serve as our next Secretary of Agriculture. NAWG members look forward to working together to foster public ... Read More »

On Oct, 25, Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) presented the Farmer Assistance and Revenue Mitigation Act of 2024 (FARM Act) and was co-sponsored by 48 other representatives from both sides of the isle. This bill would provide economic assistance to offset producer costs with the lack of a farm bill. Producers would be paid on actual planted acres for crop year ... Read More »

In September, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO) announced the launch of the Pacific Northwest Regional Energy Planning Project (PREPP), a broad engagement-based planning process that will produce regional analyses of infrastructure investments that will be required to meet the goals and requirements of regional participants, including resource adequacy, decarbonization, ecosystem priorities, and system resilience and reliability. ... Read More »

From the National Association of Wheat Growers Following the call of the 2024 presidential election by the Associated Press in favor of Donald Trump as president-elect, National Association of Wheat Growers President Keeff Felty provided the following statement: “Congratulations to President-elect Trump and the incoming members of the 119th Congress. American agriculture faces many challenges, and we look forward to ... Read More »

On Nov. 4, the National Wheat Yield Contest announced the 26 national and 94 state winners for 2024 — the ninth year of the contest. This year’s contest had 516 entries, the most ever. “The new website, along with all our great partners promoting the contest and good growing conditions in most wheat-growing states early last spring, created more interest ... Read More »

From Farm Talk The United States Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation. It comprises food and farm programs, relating to food security, nutrition, agricultural production, conservation of natural resources, and clean energy. Funding for programs such as crop insurance, crop subsidies, dairy margin coverage, and SNAP are all covered in the Farm Bill. Because of the nature of ... Read More »

From the Capital Press It’s the responsibility of Congress to sign a full, comprehensive farm bill into law by Dec. 31, regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule told the Capital Press. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »