President-Elect Donald Trump has made another pick for his Administration.
He has elected Brooke Rollins to hold the position of the new Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins served as president of the America First Policy Institute, an organization closely allied with President-elect Donald Trump.
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Read MoreThere is evidence the supply-side of the 2024/25 balance sheets for corn and soybeans is still a moving target, which means there’s potential for more market volatility in the next six weeks. On the demand side, questions remain as well.
Read MoreA trifecta of high input prices, high interest rates, and depressed crop prices have Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.) bringing focus to the economic stress for farmers.
Earlier this week at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing: A Review of Disaster Funding, the senators asked colleagues to broaden the scope to include market loss assistance for the nation’s agricultural sector.
Read MoreThe Farmer Assistance and Revenue Mitigation Act would provide farmers with a one-time assistance payment for the purchase of eligible commodities such as barley, corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, and wheat. Payments also can be used to pay down debt from the 2024 crop year.
Read MoreNovember 20 & 21, The LSU Agricultural Center is holding the annual ‘AgMagic Cenla’, an educational experience for third and forth graders to learn about agriculture and the environment.
Read MoreWhat a night at the 58th annual Country Music Association Awards show in Nashville, Tennessee.
Several of the big winners from this year’s CMA’s have ties to agriculture. For starters, one of the hosts, Lainey Wilson was raised on a farm in northeastern Louisiana. Luke Bryan grew up on a peanut farm in Georgia.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center will host its 82nd Annual Livestock and Poultry Show from Feb. 27 – March 1, 2025, at the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Arena. In preparation for the show, the Livestock Show Office is now accepting pre-orders of non-processed choice meats from various livestock. All proceeds from the meat sales go directly to the participating youth as a reward for their hard work and financial investment.
Read MoreGetting into the drone space may seem intimidating. However, Cody Garrison, head of sales for Apexx Drone Solutions in Montgomery, Ind., shares that there are many options now to meet farmers’ and applicators’ needs. Here is a breakdown of what you need to get started. Most items are available at Apexx Drone Solutions.
Read MoreCooking a Thanksgiving feast for your friends and family will cost less than last year but will still be more expensive than before the pandemic. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 39th annual Thanksgiving dinner survey provides a snapshot of the average cost of this year’s classic holiday feast for 10, which is $58.08 or about $5.80 per person.
Read MorePresident-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, as Commerce Secretary highlights plans to leverage tariffs in trade negotiations, with Lutnick emphasizing their use as both a revenue source and bargaining tool.
Lutnick has called the tariffs a negotiating tool that could be used to convince other countries to bring down their own levies or to force companies to move production to the U.S. He has said Trump would avoid taxes on products U.S. companies don’t make.
Read MoreLawmakers are busy in Baton Rouge, attempting to rewrite large portions of Louisiana’s tax code. It’s the biggest wide-ranging tax reform effort that we’ve seen in years. And many Louisianans are left asking, how will these tax reforms impact me? And who will be impacted the most?
Read MoreThe Biden administration’s request for nearly $100 billion in natural disaster response and recovery funding is on track to sail through the U.S. Senate after both Republicans and Democrats expressed strong support during a Wednesday hearing.
Read MoreThere is another piece of legislation in the works called the Farm Act. Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow co-sponsored the bill.
RFD-TV’s own Tammi Arender got the chance to meet up with her and get her take on the progress so far in Washington D.C.
Read MoreWhile Congressman Garret Graves was considered for Transportation Secretary, the role went to Sean Duffy. Graves expressed support for Duffy and their collaboration. He highlighted Trump’s cabinet selections as a sign of significant change, emphasizing the administration’s focus on inflation, infrastructure, energy, and stressed addressing illegal immigration.
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