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Last week, the USDA announced the addition of several commodities to Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. The USDA also hinted that additional commodities may be added to the CFAP list in the coming weeks. Currently, durum and hard red spring wheat classes are covered under CFAP while hard red winter, soft red winter, and soft white wheat classes are not currently covered ...

On Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed the United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2020 by a voice vote. The bill extends the authorization for the Federal Grain Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture to continue providing inspection services and to maintain an official marketing standard for certain grains and oilseeds ...

Earlier this week, a federal judge sided with an agriculture coalition issuing a permanent injunction against the California warning requirement of Proposition 65 for glyphosate. The ruling removes the cancer warning on glyphosate. The judge in the case says providing misleading or false labels to consumers “undermines California’s interest in accurately informing its citizens of health risks.”

On Friday, President Trump announced that help is on its way to assist farmers devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. “The Department of Agriculture will be implementing a 19 billion dollar relief program for our great farmers and ranchers as they cope with the fallout of the global pandemic," President Trump announced. "Ve ...

The wheat industry was energetic late last week on the news that Chinese buyers purchases 340,000 metric tons, or 12.5 million bushels of U.S. hard red winter wheat. The purchase is scheduled for delivery during the 2020-2021 marketing year ...

The 2020 Commodity Classic set a record for the number of farmers attending the event. The total number of farmers who registered for last month’s event topped out at 4,678, the highest number in the show’s 24-year history. That was 83 more farmers than the previous record of 4,595 set in New Orleans during the 2016 Classic. The 9,350 ...

The National Association of Wheat Growers and the National Wheat Foundation wrapped up the 2020 Commodity Classic with a new slate of officers.  NAWG President and Lavon, TX farmer Ben Scholz has passed the gavel down to Vice President Dave Milligan, a farmer from Michigan.  Mi...

With the Trump Administration proposing to cut billions of dollars from the USDA’s mandatory and discretionary funding, many in the farming community are expressing concern.  Some, like National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson have called the President’s proposal hypocritical.   “As bot...

The North Dakota Grain Growers Association this week voted to withdraw from the National Association of Wheat Growers. North Dakota farmers cited a belief that the organization is “no longer seeing an adequate return on investment” from membership in the national group. The associ...

National Association of Wheat Growers’ officers led their annual Washington D.C. fly-in to meet with Congressional members and their staffs to discuss their chief agricultural concerns.  The main topics of discussion included trade, the 2018 Farm Bill implementation, and many other topics.  The Wash...