The aid includes billions in payments to farmers hurt by the trade war.
Much of the food distributed by USAID comes from small farms across the U.S.
Brazil breaks America’s near-lock on the top spot for half a century. But corn growers are still doing fine.
It takes a “that’s farming, buddy!” attitude — and crop insurance helps, too.
Prices received by U.S. farmers are down 2.2% since last year. But you may not feel it at the grocery store.
“Prices have stayed strong,” reports Keith Alverson, a South Dakota farmer whose financial management includes trading grain electronically.
April Hemmes was in the “Goldilocks spot” when it came to weather.
Drought has made the last few years tough for farmers like Keith Alverson of Chester, South Dakota. But higher corn prices are keeping him optimistic.
Smaller U.S. grain yields could put pressure on an already-strained global food market.
Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes paid double for nitrogen this year. Consumers shouldn’t blame growers for inflation, she said.
