
Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: AFBF's Zippy Duvall on the farm economy and Meryl Kennedy Farr on rice costs, prices and trade
Monday, August 24, 2026 • 12 PM
This week on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers, American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall discusses the worsening farm economy, congressional assistance, the farm bill and agricultural labor reform. Louisiana farmer and businesswoman Meryl Kennedy Farr of Kennedy Rice Mill and 4Sisters Rice shares how high costs, low commodity prices and trade uncertainty are affecting rice producers — and why women will be critical to agriculture’s future.

