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Food For Peace Program and Net Farm Income Continues Decline
The Agribusiness Update
Washington state Republican Dan Newhouse and others, introduce legislation to move the Food for Peace program from the U.S. Agency for International Development to USDA, and last year's forecast showed the two largest consecutive declines in net farm income history, but that could be improving.
California Drone Legislation and Producer Sentiment Down
The Agribusiness Update
Legislation seeking to make it easier for farmers to use drones for targeted pesticide applications clears first hurdle in the California Assembly, and producer sentiment falls to its weakest reading since last July in the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index.
UGA $4 million for Climate Smart Ag and Producer Sentiment Down
The Agribusiness Update
Researchers at the UGA's College of Ag and Environmental Sciences have been awarded nearly $4 million from the USDA to develop a climate-smart “4-D Farm,” and producer sentiment falls to its weakest reading since last July in the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index.