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Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow, Chair of the Senate Ag Committee, and Ranking Member John Boozman of Arkansas announced the first 2023 Farm Bill listening session. The hearing will include input from a diverse range of agricultural producers and stakeholders about the next bill. The ...

Ag tractor and combine sales posted their first decline in March since July 2021. According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, total U.S. farm tractor sales fell 21.1% for the month of March compared to 2021. U.S. combine sales for the month dropped 10 ...

A pair of U.S. House lawmakers recently introduced legislation to help address the current truck driver shortage in the United States. In 2021, American trucking companies experienced a record deficit of approximately 80,000 drivers due to hiring and retention challenges ...

Thanks to a new wave of coronavirus moving through Southeast Asia, American producers are finding it more challenging to get red meat into Hong Kong and China. The U.S Meat Export Federation’s, Joel Haggard, who lives in Hong Kong said local authorities want to continue a COVID zero goal, but it appears the city of Hong Kong has abandoned its plan to test every resident for COVID three times for

The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose six points in February to 125, matching the sentiment reading from December. A more optimistic view of future conditions pushed the sentiment measure higher as the Index of Future Expectations rose ten points in February to 122, the most positive reading regarding the future by farmers since August ...

American beef exports shattered previous volume and value records in 2021, surpassing $10 billion for the first time. December beef exports totaled almost 125,000 metric tons, up 1% from last year, while value jumped 33% higher to $992 million ...

During the 2022 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, the executive committee of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association approved the organization’s 2022 policy priorities. The priorities include an emphasis on strengthening the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the cattle industry. The pol ...

The port of Oakland will soon host what is being called a pop-up site to help alleviate congestion and facilitate increased shipping of Ag goods from that facility to markets overseas. And while this is the first such project on the west coast, as White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force Port Envoy John Pocari said it's just the beginning ...

Earlier this week, USDA announced a new USDA Market News Mobile Application. The app provides producers and everyone else in the supply chain with instant access to current and historical market information. The initial version of the free app includes nearly 800 livestock, poultry, and grain market reports, with additional commodities added throughout the coming year ...

Retail food prices increased by 3.5% in 2021, equal to the rate in 2020 and greater than the historical annual average of two percent from 2000 to 2019. However, Economic Research Service expects less inflation this year. USDA projects that prices for food-at-home, purchased typically from grocery stores, will increase between 1 ...