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How can we make farmers’ social support systems stronger during this time of intense economic pressure?

Borden Dairy Co. filed for bankruptcy, becoming the second major U.S. milk seller to do so in two months as competitive pressures, declining consumption and falling profits made its debt load unsustainable.

USDA Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday announced that the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments will begin being issued next week.

The Crop Production numbers released Friday may change as NASS seeks to clarify corn and soybean acres that still were not harvested at the time of the end of the growing season survey.

Never is the human environment more significant than when you begin cover cropping, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says work is being done by China to clear the way for more exports to China. If shipments pick up, MFP 3.0 may not be needed.

Farm Journal Washington Correspondent Jim Wiesemeyer says the second MFP 2 installment has been authorized.

“What happens in China will have profound effects in the short term,” says Samuel Taylor, vice president of farm input analysis at Robobank.

The company says Raines will continue to develop its strategy focusing on how to digitally enhance food quality, security and availability with real-time data.

The Biden administration kicked off the nearly week-long trip EU climate trip with a $1 billion announcement. And there’s more funds in the Build Back Better program, but some say details are still sparse.