Author: AmyB

With the partial U.S. government shutdown stretching into its second week, more people are feeling the pain of the closure. Worst hit are over 800,000 federal employees who are going without a paycheck, which could…

As traders, investors, and farmers look ahead to 2019, many of their concerns remain the same as they had been throughout 2018. Trade disputes with China, Mexico, and Canada still hang over all markets, especially…

The United States is overrun with cheese, a record-breaking 1.4 billion pounds of it in all. The primary cause for the glut has been this year’s trade disputes with China and Mexico, who reduced cheese…

U.S. farmers were relieved this week to hear that the U.S. Congress passed a long-awaited, wide-ranging $867 billion farm bill that will expand farm subsidies, support farmers’ markets, and even legalize the growing of industrial…