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Dec 31, 2020 The speed of the economic recovery will largely hinge on the availability, dissemination and reach of COVID-19 vaccines, pushing the expected burst of pent-up consumer demand into the latter half of 2021, according to a comprehensive year-ahead outlook report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange division. “The coming year will be a recovery year for most Americans and the businesses that make up the U.S. economy,” said Dan Kowalski, vice president of CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange...

Candace Krebs Latest COVID-19 relief includes agriculture support Chairman and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Sens. Pat Roberts of Kansas and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, announced successfully leading bipartisan negotiations to increase food assistance for families and provide help to farmers and food suppliers in the final COVID-19 package announced Sunday. The final bill includes $13 billion in food purchases and direct support for farmers and ranchers to support and bui...

JOHOR BAHRU – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and University of Aberystwyth (AU) and Aberystwyth Innovation and Enterprise Campus (AberInnovation) from United Kingdom (UK) on 16 December 2020. The online signing ceremony took place in the Main Meeting Room (BMU) of UTM Johor Bahru campus with Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail who is the acting Vice-Chancellor of UTM signing on behalf of the university. Meanwhile, the co-signatory...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Mailbox Milk Prices Expected to Normalize in 2021 Following Year of Extreme Volatility CoBankDecember 21, 2020 GMT DENVER, Dec. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The pandemic in 2020 caused unprecedented market volatility in dairy prices, leading to lower milk checks for dairy producers. However, the price spread is expected to realign in the first half of 2021, bringing normalcy to producer price differen...

The speed of the economic recovery will largely hinge on the availability, dissemination, and reach of COVID-19 vaccines, pushing a pent-up consumer demand to later in 2021. That’s according to a comprehensive year-ahead outlook report just issued from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division. “The coming year will be a recovery year for most Americans and the [...]

Candace Krebs USDEC picks CEO after Vilsack tapped for Ag Secretary With Tom Vilsack tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to be the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Krysta Harden has been chosen to take his place as CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, the group announced. Harden served as Deputy Agriculture Secretary from 2013 to 2016 and currently holds the role of chief operating officer at USDEC. Vilsack previously served as Agriculture Secretary for eight years during President Barack ...

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CoBank Releases 2021 Year Ahead Report – Forces That Will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy COVID-19 vaccine brings optimism for a brighter and more prosperous year ahead, but significant economic recovery unlikely before mid-year DENVER, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The speed of the economic recovery will largely hinge on the availability, dissemination and reach of COVID-19 vaccines, pushing the expected burst of pent-up consumer demand into the latter half of 2021, according to a comprehe...

Grain Elevators Capitalize on Price Rally, Potential Volatility Ahead with Inverted Futures Prices Grain Elevators Capitalize on Price Rally, Potential Volatility Ahead with Inverted Futures Prices DENVER, Dec. 15, 2020 — An explosive counter-seasonal rally in grain prices that continued through early December has dramatically changed the complexion of the 2020-21 grain marketing season. The largely unexpected rally that began in August enabled U.S. grain elevators to capture strong margins o...

National & World Ag News Headlines CoBank: Elevators Capitalize on Grain Rally; Potential Volatility Ahead USAgNet - 12/16/2020 An explosive counter-seasonal rally in grain prices that continued through early December has dramatically changed the complexion of the 2020-21 grain marketing season. The largely unexpected rally that began in August enabled U.S. grain elevators to capture strong margins on stored crop, as well as on new crop which they bought and resold into a rising market. H...