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  • Trump/Rollins Farmer Aid Plan Woefully Short of Accumulated Losses; Sugar, Specialty Crops Concerned

    Trump/Rollins Farmer Aid Plan Woefully Short of Accumulated Losses; Sugar, Specialty Crops Concerned

    Trump/Rollins Farmer Aid Plan Woefully Short of Accumulated Losses; Sugar, Specialty Crops ConcernedLawmakers eye new round of farm aid | U.S. weighs phased reopening of cattle border with Mexico  Link: Video: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5, updated Saturday, Dec. 13Link: Audio: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5, updated Saturday, Dec. 13 Today’s Updates: TOP NEWS— Lawmakers eye new round of…

  • China Continues Buying U.S. Soybeans, At Half-Way Mark for Pledged Purchases ‘This Season’

    China Continues Buying U.S. Soybeans, At Half-Way Mark for Pledged Purchases ‘This Season’

    China Continues Buying U.S. Soybeans, At Half-Way Mark for Pledged Purchases ‘This Season’ Farmdoc again focuses on crop insurance | Farmers like some of the conjectured farmer aid payment rates, but wonder why alleged soybean rate not higher  Link: Link: Video: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5Link: Audio: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5 Today’s Updates:  TRADE & GLOBAL MARKETS — Sinograin…

  • Farmers: Trump/Rollins Farmer Aid Insufficient for Current Situation

    Farmers: Trump/Rollins Farmer Aid Insufficient for Current Situation

    Farmers: Trump/Rollins Farmer Aid Insufficient for Current Situation Fed day as markets await direction ahead | Greer tries to make sense of China soybean purchase commitment timeline Link: Video: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5Link: Audio: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5 Today’s Updates: TOP STORIES — USDA teases ‘major’ MAHA move as Rollins, Kennedy prepare joint reveal — Greer clarifies…

  • Highlights of USDA’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program

    Highlights of USDA’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program

    Highlights of USDA’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program Trump threatens new tariffs over Mexico’s water treaty shortfall Link: Trump Unveils $12 Billion Farm Aid Package, with $1 Billion Held Back in ReserveLink: A Cautious Lifeline: Trump Admin. to Roll Out $12 Billion Aid as Questions Mount Over Scope and StrategyLink: Video: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5Link: Audio: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5…

  • Trump Unveils $12 Billion Farm Aid Package, with $1 Billion Held Back in Reserve

    Trump Unveils $12 Billion Farm Aid Package, with $1 Billion Held Back in Reserve

    Trump Unveils $12 Billion Farm Aid Package, with $1 Billion Held Back in Reserve White House pitches new payments as temporary relief on the way to a “golden age” for U.S. agriculture, funded by tariff revenue and backed by new trade commitments from China and Japan President Donald Trump used a White House roundtable with…

  • A Cautious Lifeline: Trump Admin. to Roll Out $12 Billion Aid as Questions Mount Over Scope and Strategy

    A Cautious Lifeline: Trump Admin. to Roll Out $12 Billion Aid as Questions Mount Over Scope and Strategy

    A Cautious Lifeline: Trump Admin. to Roll Out $12 Billion Aid as Questions Mount Over Scope and Strategy Rollins to tout $60 billion in farm support over 18 months, but gaps in crop coverage and trade gains fuel producer unease President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins will this afternoon…

  • U.S. Farmer Aid Package Deemed Insufficient

    U.S. Farmer Aid Package Deemed Insufficient

    U.S. Farmer Aid Package Deemed Insufficient China continues to buy U.S. soybeans, frees up storage for more ahead  Link: USTR Greer: China Is Meeting Terms of New AgreementsLink: Week Ahead: U.S. Farmer Aid Package Announcement May Finally Come           This WeekLink: Video: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5Link: Audio: Wiesemeyer’s Perspectives, Dec. 5 Today’s Updates: TOP STORIES— New $12 billion aid package aims…

  • USTR Greer: China Is Meeting Terms of New Agreements

    USTR Greer: China Is Meeting Terms of New Agreements

    USTR Greer: China Is Meeting Terms of New AgreementsGreer says Beijing is “in compliance so far” as soybean purchases progress, but key deal elements still unfinished U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Sunday that China is complying with the trade commitments made in recent bilateral agreements, emphasizing that the terms are “quite specific” and closely monitored…

  • U.S. Farmer Aid Package Announcement May Finally Come This Week

    U.S. Farmer Aid Package Announcement May Finally Come This Week

    U.S. Farmer Aid Package Announcement May Finally Come This Week  ObamaCare | FOMC | Issues with China soybean buys | Remaining FY 2025 spending bills | Problems with prevent-plant buy-up and SDRP Stage 2 payments  Link: Trump Launches Broad Crackdown on Possible Food-Sector CollusionLink: Could Trump Unleash a Little-Discussed Tool to Lower Beef Prices?Link: USDA…

  • Trump Launches Broad Crackdown on Possible Food-Sector Collusion

    Trump Launches Broad Crackdown on Possible Food-Sector Collusion

    Trump Launches Broad Crackdown on Possible Food-Sector CollusionNew Task Force to Target Anti-Competitive Behavior, Foreign Control Risks Across Supply Chain President Donald Trump on Saturday directed the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to open a sweeping investigation into potential price fixing and anti-competitive practices across the U.S. food supply chain — from meat…