Higher Diesel Prices Cost Farmers $2.4 Billion More During 2026 Planting and Harvest
American farmers are facing an estimated $2.4 billion increase in diesel expenses during the 2025-2026 planting and harvesting season, according to an analysis released in October 2026 by Democrats on the U.S. Joint Economic Committee.
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USDA Teaming Up With NASA in Latest Effort to Improve Ag Data
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator Jared Isaacman signed an interagency agreement to modernize USDA data, including agricultural statistics, remote sensing science, modeling, geospatial data engineering and super intelligence or machine learning …
USDA September Corn Forecast Error Raises Fresh Data Concerns
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced it found a processing error affecting September 2026 corn plant populations, ear counts, yields and production for Kansas and Nebraska. The error also affected September averages for plant populations and ear counts across 10 states, …
USDA to Provide $573M to Boost Domestic Fertilizer Production
The Trump administration on Thursday announced $573 million in grants to help boost construction of eight new domestic fertilizer facilities under USDA’s Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) Program. The eight projects selected for funding combine for more than …
Third US-Mexico Border Crossing Set to Reopen to Livestock Imports
The port of entry at Columbus, N.M., will be the third crossing reopened for imports of Mexican cattle as of Oct. 26, the USDA said Monday, in spite of last week’s confirmation of two new cases of New World screwworm infestation in …
Diesel Aid Could Push 2026 Government Payments to Farmers to Record $55 Billion
USDA’s recently announced Harvest Fuel Relief Program could “push US government payments to farmers in 2026 to $55.4 billion, based on USDA’s earlier net farm income forecast with $8 billion added to it. The highest previous aid year was $45.6 billion in …
USDA to Provide $8 Billion in Diesel Fuel Aid to Farmers
President Donald Trump said on Monday the US Department of Agriculture will launch what he called a new ‘harvest fuel relief program’ that will provide farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel costs during the harvest season …
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