Farmers' Advance

09/01/2025

The nearly three-week delay between the confirmation of the case on Aug. 4 and the U.S. government’s disclosure erodes trust that public agencies need to identify and fight potential screwworm outbreaks.

08/27/2025

Before Trump began his second term, U.S. agri-food imports faced an average tariff rate of 4% — once adjusted for the trade volumes from each trading partner. They now face an average tariff rate of 15%, the study finds.

Farm groups are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariff war is worsening already high fertilizer prices, making it harder for farmers to afford planting their usual amounts of corn, wheat and soybeans.

Before Trump began his second term, U.S. agri-food imports faced an average tariff rate of 4% — once adjusted for the trade volumes from each trading partner. They now face an average tariff rate of 15%, the study finds.

08/27/2025

(USDA) has reportedly already lost or forced out 21,600, or one-fifth, of its employees this year — the second-most workforce reductions of all federal agencies. How could most of America "seem" to love a plan that no one in America — including no one in Congress or any U.S. farm group — even had a whiff of what Rollins's team was cooking up for an already trimmed and bruised USDA?

It began July 24, "without notice or input from Congress or key stakeholders and constituencies" when U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins released a "sweeping reorganization" of USDA. Even more surprising was that Rollins never alerted anyone — Congress, press or the public — of her plan.

USDA has reportedly already lost or forced out 21,600 (1/5th) of its employees in 2025—the second-most workforce reductions of all federal agencies. How could most in US "seem" to love a plan that no one in US even had a whiff of what Rollins's team was cooking up for already trimmed, bruised USDA...

08/27/2025

National Milk Producers Federation is concerned about “persistent and deepening labor shortage that has reached a critical inflection point.” "US food security... is at risk"

National Milk Producers Federation is concerned about the “persistent and deepening labor shortage that has reached a critical inflection point.” Confirms "America's food security... is at risk."

08/26/2025

Thousands of immigrants have been funneled through the Clay County Jail, which has become one of the major ICE detention centers in the Midwest.

08/26/2025

Stewards of Japanese American history are calling out the use of Fort Bliss to detain immigrants.

08/26/2025

China’s turn to Brazilian soybeans could cost U.S. farmers billions. Export sales of this fall’s U.S. soybean crop are down 81% from the five-year average.

08/23/2025

Now, when I see the worn hickory handles of my parents’ garden tools that hang in my daughter's garage, I see my brothers and me hilling potatoes and all of us sitting down to an everyday August dinner that no king could now afford.

08/21/2025

Housing First is a development-first approach that offers a permanent solution. And "Trump ends homelessness in four years" has a nice ring to it.

Housing First is a development-first approach that offers a permanent solution. And 'Trump ends homelessness in four years' has a nice ring to it.

08/20/2025

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08/20/2025

A South Side church is getting new life. St. Ladislas Catholic Church was bought by Star House to be a drop-in center for homeless youth.

08/20/2025

The average age of farmers in the United States is 58. Industry leaders are worried about what will happen when they retire.