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$13.8B Farm Payments, 250-MPH Pumpkins & Glowing Flowers | Daily Farm Brief
Nearly $13.8 billion in farm payments, a Minnesota family firing pumpkins at 250 miles an hour, a heifer with a price tag that sounds like a house purchase, and flowers that make their own light. Friday’s Farm Tales Unplugged — Daily Farm Brief brings together major agriculture news and some remarkable stories from the farm world.
Rick Portanova opens with USDA’s announcement of approximately $13.8 billion in gross ARC and PLC payments for the 2025 crop year—a record for the two crop safety-net programs. We look at the announcement and the programs that help eligible growers when crop revenue…
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