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What's Making News


U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows in April

CNBC's Jeff Cox reported that "the U.S. deficit with its global trading partners tumbled by the largest amount on record in April ... Read entire story

Senate Advances Whole Milk Bill

The National Milk Producers Federation last week applauded the Senate Agriculture Committee for supporting by voice vote the Whole Milk for ... Read entire story

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This Week's Farm Operations


Corn Planting Is Almost Finished

According to the USDA-NASS planting progress report released on June 2, 93% of the U.S. corn crop has been planted, a notable increase from 87% ... Read entire story

Continuous Corn Crop in Michigan Wearies the Soil

Many Michigan livestock and dairy producers rely on corn-on-corn cropping systems to meet feed demands, but is this short rotation ... Read entire story

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This Week's Market News


Federal Market Order Reforms Kick in for Milk Pricing

The Agriculture Department announced the May federal order Class III milk price at $18.57 per hundredweight, up $1.09 from April and 2 cents ... Read entire story

Soy Farmers Cheer Farm Bill Markup

The American Soybean Assn. is grateful for Chairman Glenn 'GT' Thompson's continued, steadfast support of farm bill programs that are ... Read entire story

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Weekly Columns


50-Year-Old Rural-Urban Coalition for Farm Bill No Longer Exists

Despite all his accolades and achievements, Dwight D. Eisenhower remained modest and plainspoken. "The proudest thing I can ... Read entire story

Tax Reform Needed for Rural Prosperity

Farmers and ranchers are natural planners. From mapping out our daily to-do lists to strategizing next year's planting, we are always ... Read entire story

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