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Winter manure applications in Michigan can be very beneficial for farmers and the environment if managed to reduce risk of runoff.

President Donald Trump risks triggering a “depression” in the nation’s rural areas if he withdraws from NAFTA, Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said in Feb 2018.

In late August, (USDA) released details of rumored payments to farmers to offset market losses from the various trade wars currently underway. The payments are based on actual 2018 production, but only half, 50%.

The proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States threatens to cut through a ranch that has belonged to the Cavazos family for 250 years.

The Trump administration will announce as early as Monday that it’s imposing a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, which Beijing has already said it will retaliate against.

The U.S. has so far imposed tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, with Beijing retaliating in kind. Now, President Trump appears ready to up the ante to $200 billion.

The Trump administration is monitoring the situation and plans to take necessary action to shelter farmers from taking the brunt of trade negotiation fallout.

Despite trade obstacles, the U.S. pork industry will vigorously defend its share of Mexico’s growing pork market and continue to pursue new opportunities for U.S. pork products in Mexico.

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.

AgDay’s national reporter Betsy Jibben talks with Don Close of Rabo AgriFinance and Peter Zeihan, a Geopolitical Strategist and Author.