TRUMP DELAYS INCREASE IN TARIFFS ON CHINESE GOODS BY TWO WEEKS –
President Trump said on Twitter on Wednesday night that he would delay by two weeks the next increase in tariffs on Chinese goods as a “gesture of good will” to … Read More
Category: Agriculture News
News about food, farming, business, politics and policy that impacts central Illinois farmers.
HERE COMES THE WOTUS REPEAL –
The Trump administration is expected to announce today its final repeal of the Obama administration’s Waters of the United States rule, which cemented pollution protections for small streams and wetlands … Read More
IDOA PREPARING FOR FIRST INDUSTRIAL HEMP INSPECTIONS –
Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) inspectors are preparing before the state’s first industrial hemp crop is harvested. Inspectors will take plant samples from randomly selected licensed growers to test tetrahydrocannabinol … Read More
USDA TO REIMBURSE MILK DONATIONS –
Dairy cooperatives and milk processors can apply for partial reimbursement for milk they donate to the needy through a new program administered by USDA. The Milk Donation Reimbursement Program, authorized … Read More
CHINA KEEPS PENALTIES ON US PORK, SOY, EASES SOME OTHERS –
China on Wednesday announced it will exempt American industrial grease and some other imports from tariff hikes in a trade war with Washington but kept in place penalties on soybeans … Read More
USDA ROLLS OUT 2018, 2019 DISASTER AID –
USDA will provide larger disaster-aid payments for losses in 2018 than for 2019 and will offer prevent-plant bonus payments of up to 15 percent for farmers who were unable to … Read More
LOW MOISTURE LEVELS, UNEVEN FIELDS A CONCERN GOING INTO HARVEST –
Only 8 percent of Illinois corn has matured, according to USDA’s Crop Progress Report released Monday. Jackson County farmer Eric Shields said there are a “few guys in the area … Read More
STATE AG DIRECTOR PUSHES FOR WIDENED RURAL INTERNET ACCESS –
“How can farmers run their small business without high-speed internet service? We have internet in rural areas, but it’s not adequate to run today’s technology,” Illinois Department of Agriculture Director … Read More
U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL TARGETS REST OF ASIA FOR ETHANOL SALES AS TARIFFS SHUT OUT CHINA –
The U.S. Grains Council has stepped up efforts to drum up demand for its ethanol exports across Asia, its officials said, after former top customer China imposed steep import tariffs … Read More
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FACES INTERNAL CONCERNS OVER FARMER AID –
Senior government officials, including some in the White House, privately expressed concern that the Trump administration’s nearly $30 billion bailout for farmers needed stronger legal backing, according to multiple people … Read More