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Farmland leasing workshops set for 14 locations

FARGO, N.D. -- Landowners, renters and other agribusiness professionals with an interest in farmland ownership, management and leasing should consider attending a farmland leasing workshop sponsored by The North Dakota State University Extension Service.

By NDSU Agriculture Communication , December 28, 2012

Animal rights inroads

FARGO, N.D. — The top lobbyist for the National Turkey Federation thinks national standards for egg-laying cages won’t make it into a multi-year farm bill, and similar efforts may be “running out of steam.”

By Mikkel Pates , December 17, 2012

NDSU tackles commodity trading

NDSU tackles commodity trading FARGO, N.D. — A one-of-its-kind commodity trading room on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo is still expected to open this fall, despite a delay in its renovation, says the NDSU professor spearheading the project.

By Jonathan Knutson , June 18, 2012

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Senate votes to proceed on farm bill

Bill eliminates direct payments, expands crop insurance for produce

By Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek , June 11, 2012

Senate votes to proceed on farm bill

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 90-8 today on a motion to proceed on the farm bill, and the White House issued a strong statement of support in favor of the bill, although the administration wants further cuts to crop insurance and commodity program spending.

By Jerry Hagstrom , June 07, 2012

ND Senators promote RLAP

ND Senators promote RLAP BISMARCK, N.D. — Cooperation with southern Republican senators representing peanut, cotton and rice growers will be a key to whether a Revenue Loss Assistance Program can be passed in the Senate, said officials gathered for a roundtable on the 2012 farm bill.

By Mikkel Pates , April 09, 2012

'For the land and its people'

'For the land and its people' FARGO, N.D. — In the 32 years that Ken Grafton has been at North Dakota State University in Fargo, a lot of things have changed, but some things have not.

By Mikkel Pates , April 02, 2012

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Farm bill commodity title introduced

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., on March 29 introduced a farm bill commodity title proposal that they maintain would treat Northern Plains farmers more fairly than the “shallow loss” and higher target prices that have already been introduced, and also include disaster programs for livestock and tree producers.

By Jerry Hagstrom , April 02, 2012

EWG: tie conservation to crop insurance

WASHINGTON — Congress should attach conservation compliance requirements to subsidized crop insurance in the next farm bill but should only use the lowering of the farmer premium subsidy as a penalty for those who do not comply rather than making farmers ineligible for coverage, Environmental Working Group officials said March 15.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 26, 2012

Conrad's farm bill concerns

Conrad's farm bill concerns WASHINGTON — The issue of whether proposed farm bill commodity programs would work in the Northern Plains remain to be resolved in Senate Agriculture Committee negotiations, Jim Miller, a former Agriculture Secretary for farm and foreign agricultural services and key aide to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said March 13 in an interview with Agweek.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 19, 2012

Farmers steamed over plan for MF Global bonuses

WASHINGTON — A bankruptcy trustee’s proposal to give bonuses to MF Global executives to find money it owes farmers around the country is "unethical" and "sick," victims said Monday.

By Jim Spencer , March 13, 2012

Standing by agriculture

Standing by agriculture OMAHA, Neb. — House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said March 4 that he will run for re-election, partly because he is not sure that Congress will finish a farm bill in 2012 and he wants to be on hand for writing it.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 12, 2012

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Commodity title taking shape

WASHINGTON — Senate Agriculture Committee chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said March 7 that she expects to hold a markup on the farm bill “in just a few weeks” after the final committee’s final farm bill hearing on March 14, and that she is making progress convincing farm groups to unify on the proposed commodity title.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 12, 2012

Budget Priorities

WASHINGTON — In a move that indicates the House Agriculture Committee is planning to stick to a cut of $23 billion over 10 years in the next farm bill, the committee recently approved a letter to House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on fiscal year 2013 budget priorities that said its “main focus” will be reauthorization of the farm bill that expires Sept. 30.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 12, 2012

Trading training

Trading training FARGO, N.D. — The Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department at North Dakota State University in Fargo is developing a commodity trading room (CTR) in Barry Hall on the North Dakota State University campus in Fargo.

By William W. Wilson , March 05, 2012

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