John Herath

Farm Journal News Director

Latest Stories
Is the Biden Administration immigration package just the starting point for negotiations? The DC Signal to Noise Podcast looks at what could be traded in the immigration talks.
Ag groups are gearing up for a new fight over the so-called ‘Death Tax.”
“The trade really wanted to see USDA get more aggressive on increasing corn export demand, especially after all the sales we had seen to China about two weeks ago,”
Country of Origin Labeling and the Waters of the U.S. Rule came back to the forefront in confirmation hearings this week for USDA Secretary nominee Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator nominee Michael Regan.
An exclusive interview with the NASS Chief of Crops about Farm Bureau’s recommendations to improve transparency and accuracy of NASS reporting.
“I think agriculture is probably the first and best way to begin getting some wins in this climate area,” Vilsack says.
USDA put a freeze on Coronavirus Food Aid Program (CFAP) payments as the new administration reviews all rules put in place by a lame duck Trump Administration. Could that review bring changes to the CFAP payments?
USDA dramatically cut its 2020 average corn yield projection Tuesday, sending futures prices limit up. The 3.8 bu. per acre drop in the national projected yield is the largest in more than a quarter century.
Farm workers from South Africa will be allowed to travel to the United States under an exemption to the Jan. 25 travel ban imposed to control the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus.
Senator Debbie Stabenow lays out her priorities as she returns to the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee.