Ethanol Availability Delivers Victory to Corn Farmers President Donald Trump moved on Tuesday to make it easier to sell more ethanol in vehicle fuel, delivering a victory to corn farmers and biofuel producers that could translate to long-term market gains. Trump said he had signed a memo telling the Environmental… Continue reading
Texas lawmakers to study declining monarch butterfly and bee populations The population of monarch butterflies continues to decline and are down about 15 percent from a year ago, according to numbers from a Texas A&M University monarch butterfly researcher. With that drop, there’s an overall 90 percent decline in the population… Continue reading
From USDA.gov New Partnerships Support More Prosperous Futures for More than 73,000 People POLAND, La., Aug. 14, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett visited the state today to announce that USDA is investing more than $124 million (PDF, 155.4 KB) to help rebuild and improve rural water… Continue reading
One-in-seven farmers who voted for President Trump in 2016 would not vote for him today, according to a poll released on Monday. The escalating trade war was the leading cause of erosion for Trump among a staunchly Republican group. But a majority still back him: 60 percent would vote for him… Continue reading
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