Category: Agriculture News

News about food, farming, business, politics and policy that impacts central Illinois farmers.

AG INNOVATORS HEADED TO HALL OF FAME –

Innovators, whose creations helped transform the ag industry, are among this year’s class of 22 selected for the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF). (FarmWeekNow)

AFBF DELEGATES ADOPT NEW DAIRY POLICY, WRESTLE WITH MFP –

Delegates overwhelmingly affirmed their support for MFP payments if the administration’s plans to dramatically increase trade don’t go as planned and made several other changes to their policy book. (Agri-Pulse)

STARBUCKS PLANS TO HOLD THE MILK –

Wednesday, Kevin Johnson, CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company, published a letter to partners, customers, and stakeholders outlining plans to make the company more sustainable in the coming decade. Johnson has … Read More

WOTUS RULE FINALLY COMING –

The Trump administration is expected to release today its final rule removing millions of miles of streams and roughly half of the country’s wetlands from federal protection. EPA Administrator Andrew … Read More

DEEP DIVE ON CROP DATA –

AFBF delegates, during this week’s Annual Convention, recommended a review of the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s crop reporting program, including its methodology and track record. Delegates approved a recommendation from … Read More

GRASSLEY SIGNS USMCA, SENDING IT TO TRUMP’S DESK –

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the president pro tempore of the Senate, signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Wednesday, sending the trade legislation to President Trump for his signature. (The … Read More

SONNY PERDUE: ‘WE’VE GOT TO SPEAK OUT’ –

Thousands of farmers welcomed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Monday at American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention in Texas. (FarmWeekNow)

UPDATED: TRUMP WITHDRAWS WATER SUPPLY RULE AMID ENVIRONMENTAL ROLLBACKS –

President Trump on Sunday highlighted for farmers his plans to scale back another Obama-era water policy, a move the White House believes could pay dividends with the farm vote in … Read More

AFBF ANNUAL CONVENTION FOCUSES ON CONNECTING WITH CONSUMERS, INNOVATION –

The final day of workshops at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention put a focus on the role farmers and ranchers will play in connecting with consumers on sustainability … Read More

CHINA SAYS BUYING U.S. FARM PRODUCTS WILL NOT AFFECT IMPORTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES –

China’s purchases of U.S. agricultural products will not impact its imports from other countries, a commerce ministry official said on Tuesday. (Reuters)

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