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President Donald Trump said this week he “loved” America’s cattle ranchers. But those farmers, who overwhelmingly supported the president in the 2024 election, say they aren’t feeling the love right now. Trump is facing criticism from many US cattle ranchers after signaling support for increasing low-tariff beef imports from Argentina to ease record beef prices in the United States. The …

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs. The USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two workers who will be paid even though the government remains shutdown. These offices help farmers …

Ancient birch tar reveals how Europe’s first farmers chewed, cooked, and crafted 6,000 years ago  Archaeology News Online Magazine Source link

Trump promised farmers help. It’s complicated.  Politico Trump’s new China threat, bank earnings, Boeing deliveries and more in Morning Squawk  CNBC Why Trump Is Eying Cooking Oil as Leverage in US-China Trade War  Bloomberg.com Trump Opens New Front In China Trade War: Cooking Oil  Barron’s Soybean bailout? Hard-hit farmers want China trade more than Trump aid.  The Christian Science Monitor Source link

At the Purfeerst farm in southern Minnesota, the soybean harvest just wrapped up for the season. The silver grain bins are full of about 100,000 bushels of soybeans, which grab about $10 a piece. This year, though, the fate of the soybeans, and the people whose livelihoods depend on selling them, is up in the air: America’s soybean farmers are …

Washington  —  American farmers are having a tough year, in no small part because of President Donald Trump’s trade war. Now, the White House is gearing up to extend them a multi-billion-dollar bailout, sources tell CNN. Surging costs and foreign retaliation from tariffs have hurt the US agriculture industry — as have immigration-related labor shortages and plummeting commodity prices. Farm …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a significant aid package to U.S. soybean farmers to help them survive China’s boycott of American beans in response to his trade war even as the president says he is still seeking a soybean deal with Beijing. But farmers are worried that time is quickly running out to reach a deal in …

Trump making plans to send billions in cash bailouts to farmers with taxpayer money  Politico Farm bailout news coming next Tuesday, Bessent says  Axios Bessent Sees China Progress as Soy Fight Echoes Rare-Earth Spat  Bloomberg.com Trump signals bailout for soybean farmers hit by tariff war  The Hill US to support soybean farmers amid China lag, expect news Tuesday, Bessent says  Reuters Source link

Farmers, a key GOP constituency , hit hard by shutdown  Politico Government Shutdown – Practical Effects  Congressman Brad Sherman | (.gov) Nearly Half of USDA Employees to be Furloughed as Gov’t Shuts Down  Farm Policy News More pain for US farmers as government shutdown halts payments  Reuters What the government shutdown means for USDA agencies  Iowa Capital Dispatch Source link

Ohio family farmers describe life under Trump tariffs: ‘We’re in a hell of a mess here.’  Ohio Capital Journal Fed’s Goolsbee Says New Tariffs Renewing Business Uncertainty  Bloomberg.com California farmers could fall to tariffs, costing the state’s economy  KTVU Farmers at Chicago Federal Reserve conference say tariffs are hurting them  Chicago Tribune How Tariff Battles Impact Crop Insurance  AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST Source …