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Anna-Lisa Laca

When she’s not helping on the dairy, accomplished agriculture journalist Anna-Lisa Laca reports about all things agriculture—online, in social media and in print as the Online and Business Editor for Dairy Today and Top Producer. Laca, who served as Social Media Editor for Farm Journal early in her career, owns and runs a dairy with her husband, Scott, and grew up on a West Coast cow-calf operation. Follow @AnnaLaca1 Friend Anna-Lisa Laca

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"I think that when you combine what we'll see happen with dairy margin coverage, dairy revenue protection and in this program, I think that we will have averted the disaster."
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Economist Says COVID Aid Will ‘Help Avert Disaster’
University of Minnesota economist Marin Bozic says the program will help avert disaster in the dairy industry.
November 19, 2020 09:06 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
A Pew Research Center survey from early April reports that 53% of U.S. adults say the internet has been essential for them personally during the pandemic, and another 34% describe it as “important, but not essential.”
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Land O’ Lakes, Cooperatives Open WiFi To Rural Communities
The company’s corporate offices, manufacturing facilities and ag retail cooperatives have turned on their guest WiFi to increase access across more than 14 states.
November 19, 2020 09:06 PM
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The bill would provide a path to legalization for current farm workers and expand the H-2A foreign guest worker program.
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House of Representatives Passes Farm Workforce Bill
On Wednesday, 34 Republicans joined 226 Democrats passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 5038).
November 19, 2020 09:04 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
While farmers wait for the second round of the 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments to be announced, lawmakers disagree on the program’s benefits and the need for more payments.
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Lawmakers Disagree on MFP, Peterson Calls It Unfair
While farmers wait for the second round of the 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments to be announced, lawmakers disagree on the program’s benefits and the need for more payments.
November 19, 2020 09:04 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
A mixed forage, which does not qualify for an MFP payment, is that with less than 60% alfalfa.
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USDA Clarifies Alfalfa MFP Rules
This week USDA issued clarification on the alfalfa issues farmers are experiencing related to MFP.
November 19, 2020 09:03 PM
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Beth Ford's company, Land O'Lakes, is in the Fortune 500, with $15 billion in annual revenue. But it's still an old-fashioned farmers' cooperative, founded almost 100 years ago. So rather than answering to Wall Street analysts, she reports to 4,000 farmers.
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Land O Lakes CEO: Farmers Mitigate Market Pressure with Technology
In an interview with Lesley Stahlon from 60 Minutes over the weekend, Land O Lakes CEO Beth Ford addressed the struggles farmers are feeling.
November 19, 2020 09:03 PM
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President Donald Trump and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe met in New York on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing negotiations of the U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement
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Agriculture Praises Initial Stage of U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement
President Donald Trump and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe met in New York on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing negotiations of the U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement
November 19, 2020 09:03 PM
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Anna-Lisa Laca
The survey of 1,153 farmers shows 71% of them approve of the job Trump is doing.
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Farm Journal Pulse Shows Farmer Support for President Trump Is Eroding
Amid increasing tariffs and controversial biofuels policies, farmer support for President Donald Trump is waning.
November 19, 2020 09:03 PM
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The path to ratification of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement took a step forward on Monday when Canada and Mexico removed retaliatory tariffs on many products.
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Canada, Mexico Lift Retaliatory Tariffs as USMCA Moves Forward
The path to ratification of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement took a step forward on Monday when Canada and Mexico removed retaliatory tariffs on many products.
November 19, 2020 08:08 PM
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"You can handle a bad year. You can handle a short cash flow year but when they start stacking on top of each other, your working capital and your equity position play a really outsized part in your credit availability in the future" - Sam Miller, BMO Harris Bank
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Multi-Year Ag Recession Makes 2019 Operating Loans Tough
Bankers across the country have indicated operating loans will be harder to secure in for 2019. Why is that? Well, a multi-year stretch of poor prices is driving balance sheet issues that lead to loan denials.
November 19, 2020 08:00 PM
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