Congress avoids shutdown; Trump unveils tax overhaul
After averting a government shutdown Friday with a one week stopgap extension, Congressional budget negotiators reached an agreement late Sunday on a broad spending package to fund the government for the next five months, ending Sept. 30.
The future of trade agreements in the United States has made leaders in other countries anxious and some have begun looking for other sources of commodities typically purchased here.
1st-quarter pork net export projections above last year
This year’s first-quarter U.S. pork net export projections are above 2016, due to year-overyear and quarter-on-quarter changes in supply and demand factors influencing slaughter barrow and gilt prices, according to economist Len Steiner, principal at the Steiner Consulting Group, LLC.
Perception of risk helping tighten farm credit lending
The continuing economic downturn in agriculture is leading to more conversations between lenders and farmers about finances and credit, according to an official with Farm Credit Mid-America (FCMA).
