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USDA announces $35 million in domestic fertilizer funding
USDA announces $35 million in domestic fertilizer funding Successful Farming
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Political Promises to Lower the Price of Food
The latest results were released from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy survey on the question of whether consumers and voters believe those in political power can address high food prices. Farm Doc Daily from the University of Illinois says concerns about the cost of food remain a priority for consumers and voters, and the…
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Judge Blocks Rule Allowing Farmworkers to Join Unions
A federal judge blocked the U.S. Labor Department from enforcing a rule in 17 states that would prevent agricultural employers from retaliating against migrant workers with H-2A visas for joining labor unions. Employers also couldn’t retaliate for workers organizing against wage theft, trafficking, and other abuses. Courthouse News says the judge sided with states in…
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Rail labour disputes hold sharp knife against thin throat
Rail labour disputes hold sharp knife against thin throat The Western Producer
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Several ag tax benefits in limbo after 2025
An ag tax professor says several tax benefits are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Roger McEowen with the Washburn University School of Law says the qualified business income deduction would be eliminated. “This is a 20% deduction against a farmer’s business income. If I have farm income of $300,000, that’s a $60,000…
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Proposed USDA rule defines “unfair” meat industry practice
Proposed USDA rule defines “unfair” meat industry practice Mitchell Now –
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Keep the national debt in perspective
Commentary. Thirty-five trillion seconds is about 1.1 million years. To put it another way, if you started counting at the beginning of the Stone Age, you’d still be counting. $35 trillion in $100 bills would weigh approximately 770,000 tons. This is roughly the weight of 200,000 cars. The average distance from Earth to the Sun…
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Canadian Rail Employees Go Back to Work
The Canada International Relations Board (CIRB) issued an order imposing binding arbitration between the two sides. The CIRB also ordered that no rail work stoppage, whether a lockout or strike, can occur during the arbitration process. As a result, work has resumed on both the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) networks…
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Judge Blocks Rule Allowing H-2A Workers to Unionize in 17 States
Judge Blocks Rule Allowing H-2A Workers to Unionize in 17 States Agweb Powered by Farm Journal
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Ranch Group Joins Lawsuit Challenging Corporate Transparency Act
BILLINGS, Mont., Aug. 26, 2024 — R-CALF USA has joined as a plaintiff in a joint lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Treasury and others, challenging the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The groups are seeking to prohibit enforcement of the CTA and an additional declaration of the CTA’s unconstitutional status in a Utah District…
