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29 May 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers in the waterlogged midsection of the U.S. continued to slowly slog along in planting corn and soybeans last week, but made little headway in narrowing the gap between this year's progress and the five-year average, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released Tuesday. The r...
28 May 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst On Thursday, USDA described its second year of farm aid under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), offering $14.5 billion of direct payments to farmers. But the agency was not yet willing to reveal the specifics on how much aid individual farmers can expect. The message seems to be "Trust us," as USDA Secretary Son...
28 May 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Leaders of farm groups on Thursday showed they have President Donald Trump's back as he offered them another $16 billion in federal aid in lieu of anticipated higher exports to China. In response to the new Market Facilitation Program rolled out Thursday, farm groups offered praise to the Trump a...
24 May 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Congress provided $3 billion in disaster aid for farmers under a disaster package overwhelmingly approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Senate passed the $19.1 billion disaster package Thursday 85-8 that would provide more funding, with places affected by Midwest flooding, Southeastern hur...
24 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A cattle interest group has asked a federal court to declare unconstitutional 15 state beef checkoff programs, in a motion filed this week. Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, or R-CALF USA, filed a motion this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Monta...