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We are expected to learn more this afternoon on what the second round of Market Facilitation Program payments will look like.

In a letter sent to Democratic leaders in Congress on Wednesday, President Trump urged lawmakers to approve the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement before taking up infrastructure legislation. 

USDA squashed Bloomberg trade aid rumors Tuesday afternoon.

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.

The Trump administration is preparing to announce another round of aid to farmers hurt by the trade war with China as soon as Thursday.

A bill has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate that seeks to protect and expand rural broadband access along with encouraging investment in high-speed internet.

While some support the President’s trade tactics, others don’t.

Analysts warn it could be a very long time before this trade tit for tat is in the rearview mirror.

The retaliatory tariffs ranging from 10% to 25% on $60 billion worth of American goods will go into effect June 1, unless an agreement is reached before them. 

Today’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report from USDA sent shockwaves through the market. With corn prices seeping lower, traders and farmers alike are reeling from the numbers.

The U.S. hiked tariffs on more than $200 billion in goods from China on Friday in the most dramatic step yet of Donald Trump’s push to extract trade concessions.

If, and it’s a big if, weather cooperates farmers can plant corn and soybeans at breakneck speeds, according to a recent Farm Journal Pulse poll.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a quick and easy checklist tool to aide in the H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Visa Program process.

Here are takeaways from the latest data provided by the 2017 Census of Agriculture regarding internet connectivity

The White House is moving forward in the "race to 5G" and is also investing more money into rural broadband, helping better connect underserved areas of the country.

After accepting payments for approving USDA loans for cash payments, a former Farm Service Agency loan officer will spend two years in federal prison.

The 2017 Census of Agriculture is more than 800 pages of data and here are some key takeaways our editors found for ag retailers.

The 2017 Census of Agriculture found a 3% decline in the total number of farms in the U.S., and that since the 1997 Ag Census the decline has been 7.8%.

While 2017 brought farmers the highest corn yields on record—176.6 bu. per acre—it didn’t bring the increased revenue for which producers hoped.

The data was five years in the making. What will it tell us about farms, farming and farmers?

Corn carryout is higher yet and while domestic soybean ending stocks were lowered, global supplies are still abundant. 

Corn carryout is higher yet and while domestic soybean ending stocks were lowered, global supplies are still abundant. 

With planting season underway in many parts of the U.S., farmers are working long, hard hours. You’re likely enjoying meals in the field, but what’s your favorite snack to power your day?

In the most recent Farm Journal Pulse, farmers talked about dicamba—if they plan to use it, and how. Results show that 44% of farmers plan to apply dicamba or have it applied on their farms.

Analysts are telling farmers to take the planting intentions report with a grain of salt while the market reels from a higher-than-expected corn stocks report.

Corn planted area for all purposes in 2019 is estimated at 92.8 million acres, while soybean planted area for 2019 is estimated at 84.6 million acres.

EPA says it has surveyed Superfund sites in flooded areas of Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.

Drone pays for itself on the farm.

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With investors still worried about the fallout from the trade war, China will this week announce industrial production and retail sales for February.

Iowa hog farmer Howard Hill is feeling the pinch from President Donald Trump's get-tough trade policies — his pigs are selling for less than it costs to raise them.

“As a country we have a 53 percent market share in Japan” for wheat, Strogen said. “We are at risk of seeing that market share erode.”.

President Donald Trump says he will extend a deadline to escalate tariffs on Chinese imports, citing "substantial progress" in weekend talks between the two countries.

78% of farmers and ranchers say they approve of the president’s job performance

President Donald Trump plans to meet with China’s top trade negotiator Friday afternoon as the U.S. tries to forge a preliminary deal with its biggest economic rival.

The public comment period for the new Waters of the U.S. rule is now underway.

Last week it was announced China bought beans, but the country also cancelled a purchase. So, where do exports sit today? Also, how could soybean prices impact the acreage debate? Two analysts and an ag banker weigh in.

Trump says trade talks in Beijing are going along ‘very well.’

Arlan Suderman chief economist for INTL FCSTone told AgriTalk host Chip Flory President Donald Trump may not have time to work out the details left to secure a long-term deal with China.

Today, USDA dropped reports for the first time since the beginning of 2019. Even after being inundated with weeks of information, traders agree, the report is a snooze.

Friday is the day the USDA releases a mountain of grain reports all at one time because of a delay caused by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

According to a senior administration official, the presidents are still planning to meet but there’s “too much work to do” in too short of a time period to flesh out a deal with China.

China is continuing to buy more U.S. soybeans.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler assured him the rules would be complete by the “driving season.”

Farmer support for President Donald Trump is holding steady to nudging slightly higher than it was a month ago, according to the latest Farm Journal Pulse.

Since December, China has said it would buy 10 MMT of U.S. soybeans. However, sales on the books to date fall short of the 10 MMT mark. Some analysts fear China may be on pace to import fewer soybeans around the globe.

Watch AgDay's Clinton Griffiths go one-on-one in an interview with USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is reporting "substantial progress" has been made in trade talks with China.

No funding for border wall, but lawmakers will discuss border security in weeks ahead

All USDA county Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices reopened today amid the partial government shutdown now in its fifth week.