by MSF Agriculture | Jun 3, 2020 | Finance
What You Need to Know About Coronavirus Relief for Farmers The COVID-19 pandemic has been exerting a severe strain on almost every sector of our society. Millions of small businesses have been forced to indefinitely close, and even entire industries may never...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Finance
How Closing the Mexican Border Will Impact the Dairy Industry For years now, closing the United States’ border with Mexico has been a high priority on President Donald Trump’s agenda. In March 2019, the Trump Administration threatened to close large sections of the...
by Admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Finance
What Will Happen to Farmers if the Trade Conflict Isn’t Resolved Soon? In early 2018, the Trump administration imposed a tariff on Chinese-manufactured solar panels and washing machines in an effort to empower manufacturers and businesses here in the United...
by Admin | Feb 12, 2020 | Finance
Devastating Consequences of Tariffs: Bankruptcies, Loan Delinquencies & More To a very large degree, farmers depend for their livelihood and financial security on the vicissitudes of nature and foreign markets. When one of these variables shifts in an...
by Admin | Feb 10, 2020 | Finance
Wisconsin Farmers Struggle in the Midst of a Crippling Dairy Crisis Since late 2014, the U.S dairy industry has been struggling through a fully-fledged economic crisis. Driven primarily by dwindling export markets and overproduction here at home, the plummeting value...
by Admin | Feb 7, 2020 | Finance
Could a Supply Management Program Solve the Dairy Crisis in the U.S.? Beginning around 2014, the U.S dairy industry entered a state of economic crisis. This most recent economic downturn is only the most recent iteration of a pattern that has plagued dairy farmers for...
