Farm Bill Update

Farm Bill Update

The naming of Senate farm bill conferees was left undone this week.  Negotiations over numbers and naming of conferees, in addition to farm policy issues not contained in the current farm bills under consideration, were rumored to be in active discussions. ...
Remember Your Grandfather’s Rice Market?

Remember Your Grandfather’s Rice Market?

2018 will be a year to remember.  In the rice market we have always said there are no two years alike and certainly there are specific years when something special happened that make them stand out.  The first one that comes to mind is 2008 when the market...
USDA Announces $12 Billion Trade Assistance Plan

USDA Announces $12 Billion Trade Assistance Plan

This week U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a $12 billion plan to support farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs imposed by U.S. trading partners.  In acknowledgment of the disproportionate effect on U.S. farmers of trade retaliation, President...

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