POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON Jan 26, 2012
February Follies — the Budget and Agriculture
Agriculture is a unique industry in so many ways. One particular way—it is perhaps the only area of the federal budget to have shrunk in the past...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON Jan 26, 2012
2011 Indemnity Payments Already Surpass Historic Record, Still Climbing
With claims still streaming in — only an estimated 81 percent of expected claims have been finalized — crop insurance companies have already paid...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON Jan 19, 2012
The Tale of Two Intertwined Industries
Western Sugar, a company now owned by farmers, closed its Goodland, Kan., sugarbeet factory in 1985. Sugar prices were low, the cost of doing...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON Jan 12, 2012
Latest Ethanol Attack Full of Gas
Opponents of U.S. ethanol—Brazil, Big Oil, and multinational food conglomerates looking to drive down farmer prices to boost their own...
POSTED IN Current Farm Policy ON Jan 9, 2012
Subsidy Spotlight: Brazil
As the United States Congress begins debate of the 2012 Farm Bill, America’s biggest competitors on the global marketplace have been steadily...
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Prev NextFebruary Follies — the Budget and Agriculture
Agriculture is a unique industry in so many ways. One particular way—it is perhaps the only area of the federal...
2011 Indemnity Payments Already Surpass Historic Record, Still Climbing
With claims still streaming in — only an estimated 81 percent of expected claims have been finalized — crop...
The Tale of Two Intertwined Industries
Western Sugar, a company now owned by farmers, closed its Goodland, Kan., sugarbeet factory in 1985. Sugar prices were...
Latest Ethanol Attack Full of Gas
Opponents of U.S. ethanol—Brazil, Big Oil, and multinational food conglomerates looking to drive down farmer prices...
Subsidy Spotlight: Brazil
posted on: Jan 9, 2012 | author: FarmPolicyFacts
As the United States Congress begins debate of the 2012 Farm Bill, America’s biggest competitors on the global marketplace have been steadily...
Rising Farm Incomes Dampened by Rising Expenses
posted on: Dec 7, 2011 | author: FarmPolicyFacts
Agriculture has had a strong year. We’ve been reading reports of farms prospering for the better part of a year now. In October it was said that...
Brazil, India, Other Developing Nations Violate Ag Subsidy Limits
posted on: Nov 28, 2011 | author: FarmPolicyFacts
A new study of official foreign government data unearthed by DTB Associates shows that a rapid run-up in farm subsidies have put many developing...
