Senate interrupts shutdown, makes new Feb. 8 deadline
The U.S. Senate voted Monday to fund the federal government through Feb. 8, in a bipartisan comprise among 100 senators to reopen government operations nationwide, which had been shut down for the previous 60 hours. The vote was 81-18.
Land O'Lakes Bowl pits NFL player, farmer on level field
Farmers and football players have more in common than most people think. For starters, both engage in combines. Both groups make many passes on the fields they work. And both are often faced with inclement weather.
Top U.S. grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) has reportedly approached rival Bunge Ltd. about a potential merger that would reduce the highly profitable corn, soybeans and wheat trading marketplace to just two mega-grain trading houses – and posing a intense antitrust review if the White Plains, N.Y.-based Bunge decided to engage in negotiations.
Michigan webinars to help out new farmers live and archived
A 15-webinar series designed for beginning farmers will take place Wednesday evenings Jan. 17-April 25 – anyone wanting to register for a webinar may do so even if it has already taken place.
Last-minute change to new tax law cuts ag deductions
Republican lawmakers are rushing to address a mistake in their new tax bill that gave farmers more lucrative deductions when they sell farm products directly to farm cooperatives they compete against, rather than businesses like their own.
