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Zeihan is the author of two books: “The Accidental Superpower” and “The Absent Superpower.”
USDA announces release dates for weekly export sales reports following the end of the partial government shutdown.
In a Farm Journal email survey sent in October, 56% of the more than 1,500 respondents said if elections were held tomorrow, they would vote to re-elect President Trump.
Bunge Ltd. appointed the former head of a rival agricultural trading house as chief executive officer in a move that may revive talks of a sale of the 200-year-old firm.
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the agency had found a loophole to continue funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for one more month.
Hope for averting a partial government shutdown dissipated Thursday afternoon as House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters President Donald Trump would not sign a stopgap funding continuing resolution.
EPA released target volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019 as anticipated, earlier Friday, holding conventional volumes at 15 billion gallons.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is considering a proposal that would change the way agricultural land is taxed to provide relief to farmers who are struggling amid low crop prices.
Who gains control of the House and Senate will play out on Tuesday as Americans head to their local polling stations and vote.
Headlines have declared that the Texas Farm Bureau has banned all Nike apparel for its staff . The Texas Farm Bureau, however, says that’s not quite right.
A district court ruling has put the Waters of the U.S. rule back into effect in 26 states.
The European Union and Japan signed a landmark deal on Tuesday that will eliminate nearly all tariffs on products they trade.
President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on every single Chinese import into America as the world’s two largest economies exchanged the first blows in a trade war that isn’t set to end anytime soon.
Pro Farmer Washington Analyst Jim Wiesemeyer talks ethanol, SCOTUS, the farm bill and more and separates signal from noise.
Canada’s largest dairy processor is voicing an opinion that’s probably unpopular with the nation’s farmers: Donald Trump has a point.
An executive at Cargill Inc., America’s largest private company, said Tuesday the world risks sliding into isolationism amid current international trade disputes.
An executive at Cargill Inc., America’s largest private company, said Tuesday the world risks sliding into isolationism amid current international trade disputes.
Senate Agriculture Committee leadership worked into the night last night to pull together a bipartisan farm bill to present to the committee.
Lawmakers are concerned President Trump’s proposed tariffs on foreign cars under Section 232 could instigate retaliatory trade actions aimed at farmers.
A freshman Republican from one of the nation’s deepest-red districts said the rejection of House farm legislation on Friday is the latest setback for agriculture under GOP leadership.
Commodities were a big casualty of the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, but are now set to be a major beneficiary of Beijing’s pledge to import more American goods.
Does ‘do no harm’ hurt ag’s prospects for better trade?
The proposed 25% tariff on U.S. soybean imports to China has the potential to send shockwaves through the domestic and global soybean markets.
Seven months before the 2018 midterm elections, Trump’s faceoff with China over trade has exposed an unexpected political vulnerability in what was supposed to be the Republican Party’s strongest region: rural America.
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Officials signaled they expect recent hurricanes to have just a short-term impact on the economy.
The minutes also showed that just one official voted against the March interest rate hike.
The order created a task force to examine “barriers to economic prosperity in rural America.”
An estimated $7 billion of investment needed to meet 2025 goal of companies that want cage-free eggs.