On March 27, President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and to help struggling families during the new coronavirus pandemic.
At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced the third and final tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will begin to show up in farmers’ bank accounts by the end of this week.
According to a report from Reuters, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must reconsider three of the biofuel waivers it recently granted to small oil refineries, arguing the agency’s justification for approving the exemptions was flawed.
The pact may give U.S. farmers additional access to Canadian markets, which could facilitate additional equipment sales. Initial reaction from industry officials was generally optimistic, though some pointed out that other trade hurdles still exist that the new agreement doesn’t address.
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There was plenty of technology on display at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., a few weeks ago. Farm Equipment editor Mike Lessiter caught up with Monarch Tractor’s John Issacson and got his take on the top 5 applications in autonomy right now.