Author: Membership

FARMERS CONFUSED BY TRUMP TRADE AID PAYMENTS –

Farmers are confused by the trade aid distribution method for damages caused by the ongoing trade war with China, according to a Reuters report released on Friday. The report notes that a … Read More

VALUE OF U.S. DAIRY EXPORTS GROWS DESPITE TRADE ISSUES –

There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel for U.S. dairy farmers who’ve absorbed a multiyear run of poor margins. Higher domestic dairy consumption and increased export … Read More

ILLINOISANS CAN EXPECT MORE DEBATE BEFORE PROGRESSIVE TAX VOTE –

The debate over whether Illinois should change its flat income tax to a structure taxing higher rates for higher earners is expected to be expensive as groups on both sides … Read More

SEPTEMBER IS FOR USMCA DEAL-MAKING, SAYS GRASSLEY –

Congress “ought to take action early this fall” on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) so the trade pact can take effect before the end of the year, said Senate Finance … Read More

TRUMP DELAYS INCREASE IN TARIFFS ON CHINESE GOODS BY TWO WEEKS –

President Trump said on Twitter on Wednesday night that he would delay by two weeks the next increase in tariffs on Chinese goods as a “gesture of good will” to … Read More

HERE COMES THE WOTUS REPEAL –

The Trump administration is expected to announce today its final repeal of the Obama administration’s Waters of the United States rule, which cemented pollution protections for small streams and wetlands … Read More

IDOA PREPARING FOR FIRST INDUSTRIAL HEMP INSPECTIONS –

Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) inspectors are preparing before the state’s first industrial hemp crop is harvested. Inspectors will take plant samples from randomly selected licensed growers to test tetrahydrocannabinol … Read More

USDA TO REIMBURSE MILK DONATIONS –

Dairy cooperatives and milk processors can apply for partial reimbursement for milk they donate to the needy through a new program administered by USDA. The Milk Donation Reimbursement Program, authorized … Read More

CHINA KEEPS PENALTIES ON US PORK, SOY, EASES SOME OTHERS –

China on Wednesday announced it will exempt American industrial grease and some other imports from tariff hikes in a trade war with Washington but kept in place penalties on soybeans … Read More

USDA ROLLS OUT 2018, 2019 DISASTER AID –

USDA will provide larger disaster-aid payments for losses in 2018 than for 2019 and will offer prevent-plant bonus payments of up to 15 percent for farmers who were unable to … Read More

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