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Here comes the 2024 Farm Bill, there goes any 2024 reforms
May 15, 2024 · Here comes the 2024 Farm Bill, there goes any 2024 reforms. The slowest dance on Capitol Hill, the writing of a new Farm Bill, gained tempo May 1 when both the House and Senate Ag committees released versions of their bills. The House bill was a broadly worded, five-page “outline,” the Senate’s, a detailed 94-page report.
A tough 2024 gets tougher for farmers - farmersadvance.com
Sep 30, 2024 · Central Illinois cash prices hover in the $10 per bu. range, a solid $2 under June prices just three hopeful months ago. That, too, will cut into 2024/25 gross income. According to USDA’s September price forecast, farmers can anticipate an average price of $10.80 per bu. this coming year, or $1.70 per bu. less than the 2023/24 soybean crop.
Dairy product prices remain well above year ago levels - Farmers' …
Jul 22, 2024 · The 2025 average was projected at $1.19. Dry whey is projected to average 44 cents per pound in 2024, up from 36.18 cents in 2023, but compares to 60.57 cents in 2022. The 2025 average was projected at 42.50 cents per pound. Class III and IV milk price forecasts were raised on the higher product prices and tighter milk supplies.
US milk production continues to sputter - Farmers' Advance
Jul 31, 2024 · Lee Mielke. Farmers' Advance. 0:03. 1:25. U.S. milk production continues to sputter thanks to bird flu, a shortage of replacement heifers and scorching high temperatures. The Agriculture Department’s latest preliminary data shows June output at 18.77 billion pounds, down 1.0% from June 2023, the 12th consecutive month output was below a year ago.
Proposed Farm Bill includes $28B cut to SNAP program - Farmers' …
May 28, 2024 · The House bill includes a $28-billion cut in food aid through the SNAP program, which used to be called food stamps, as well as a large boost for “reference prices” – what many observers consider a substantial increase in federal subsidies for crop insurance. The Senate Agriculture committee’s plan does not include any cuts to food ...
How farming is changing - Farmers' Advance
Jan 22, 2024 · 1:30. During a January blizzard, a farmer, whom I didn’t know, called me. He said he reads my columns regularly. In plain spoken farmer language, and with a gravelly voice, the gentleman wondered if I thought farming is changing. I figured he was concerned about the upcoming crop year and he knows better than me how farming is changing.
US agriculture exports continue to slide - farmersadvance.com
Sep 11, 2024 · Estimates now show that “U.S. agricultural imports in FY 2025 are forecast at $212.0 billion, or $8.0 billion higher than revised FY 2024 estimates…”. Meanwhile, ag exports continue to fall: “U.S. agricultural exports in FY 2025 are forecast at $169.5 billion, down $4.0 billion from the revised forecast of FY 2024,” noted USDA.
August crop reports: Rain makes lower 2024/25 prices - Farmers' …
Aug 18, 2024 · For 2024/25, USDA sees all U.S. wheat prices averaging $5.70 per bu., or about $1.25 less per bu. than a year ago. Rain also makes sugar, both cane sugar in the Deep South – principally Florida, Texas and Louisiana – and beet sugar in the High North, mostly in Minnesota and North Dakota. Collectively, USDA estimates total 2024/25 sugar ...
2022 was another record year for U.S. farm exports - Farmers' …
Final 2022 trade data released earlier this week by the Commerce Department shows that U.S. agricultural exports increased 11%, or $19.5 billion, from the previous record set in 2021.“This second consecutive year of record-setting agricultural exports, coupled with a record $160.5 billion in net farm income in 2022, demonstrates the success ...