Ag Impacts of the Middle East Conflict, Bridge Assistance Program Details and Much More

About this episode

This episode discusses the impacts of the U.S.–Iran conflict on agricultural markets and provides updates on the USDA’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program.

On this episode, we look at how the U.S.–Iran conflict is already affecting agricultural markets, from fuel and fertilizer costs to grain prices. We also have the latest on USDA’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, a new effort to bring Arkansas-grown rice into school cafeterias and the latest farmer sentiment data on the ag economy.

Topics covered

• U.S.–Iran conflict
• agricultural markets
• fuel costs
• fertilizer costs
• grain prices
• USDA
• Farmer Bridge Assistance Program
• Arkansas-grown rice
• school cafeterias
• farmer sentiment data
• ag economy

Mentioned in this episode

Products: rice

Places: U.S.–Iran, Arkansas

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