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U.S. lawmakers have a big agenda and many things they hope to accomplish before the end of 2017: tax reform, farm bill and disaster relief.
Trump’s Top Trade Negotiator Says China Unprecedented Threat (1)
The Secretary of the Interior has suggested in a report that President Trump shrink a number of national monuments.
USDA’s Crop Progress report shows 34% of the corn crop has reached maturity.
The first two discussions between representatives from the U.S., Canada and Mexico on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) yielded little to no resolution on major issues that affect agriculture. Now, the renegotiation talks head north to Ottawa next week, Sept. 23-27.
Michele Payn’s perspective is that people relate to food on an emotional level and not based on science and years of accumulated data. The importance of building connections with consumers—your neighbors next door--can’t be overstated by members of the agricultural community.
After two years of weaker exports of farm goods, it is appearing as though 2017 will push higher.
Trump sending mixed messages on program if Congress fails to act.
Tax reform is on the agenda in Washington D.C. when legislators return from a month-long recess. Before Congress resumes, President Donald Trump rolled out a four-point plan in Missouri earlier this week.
Trump to Declare China as a `Strategic Competitor’ in Speech (1)
Shipments above new limit may be held back for more cleaning.
A big reason data from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour is comparable to previous years is because of consistency. Scouts always travel the same routes, but pick fields at random. In South Dakota, scouts only take samples in the southeast corner of the state. But this year, the western and central portions of the state are facing drought.
Amazon’s Whole Foods Deal Wins Swift U.S. Antitrust Approval (1)
Today, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that Tony Tooke will become the new Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Tooke, who grew up on a 200-acre farm outside Detroit, Ala., has been with the Forest Service since he was 18.
Farmers might soon have a tough time finding workers after a report from the Migration Policy Institute says the number of undocumented farm workers is falling.
It’s an historical day for the United States as the first round of negotiations to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), got underway Wednesday morning in Washington D.C. In effect since January 1994, NAFTA created a Free Trade Zone between Canada, Mexico and the United States. President Donald Trump has called the trade pact “the worst trade ever made by any country.”
John Duarte is a California farmer who took on the federal government and lost.
NAFTA 2.0 negotiations begin this week in Washington. The hoped-for conclusion will not be as quick as some want, nor take as long as some observers predict. But a long list of policy hurdles is evident.
There’s an unwanted record in the Gulf of Mexico: This year’s “dead zone ,” a largely human-caused phenomenon where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life, is the biggest ever measured.
Insurance plays a special role in one of America’s most precarious—and dangerous—industries.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the United States’ current farm-labor visa program is “essentially unworkable.”
Certainly, nobody wants a repeat of the 1980s farm crisis. But what can be done to prevent it from happening again?
In 2013, the Chinese firm Shuanghui received wide public attention when it purchased U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods for a record $4.7 billion. That purchase was just a part of a continuing surge in foreign investment in American farmland and food that has raised concerns in Congress and among rural advocacy groups.
The corn and soybean markets broke out of previous trading ranges this week. How long will the strength last? Jerry Gulke provides his take.
Business, agricultural and education groups are joining forces to expand Nebraska’s reach into international markets that generate billions of dollars annually, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Thursday.
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2017 is estimated at 90.9 million acres, down 3 percent from last year. And soybean planted area for 2017 is estimated at a record high 89.5 million acres, up 7 percent from last year.
Target matches current quota set by Obama administration.
Several states are seeking to join a legal challenge to a Trump administration decision to keep a widely used pesticide on the market despite studies showing it can harm children’s brains.
When the 2014 farm bill bumped the 2008 version, several changes occurred – most notably, eliminating Direct and Counter Cycle Payment (DCP) and Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) programs and replacing it with the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. How did farmers in different regions fare with these changes?
President Donald Trump announced new restrictions Friday limiting U.S. citizens’ ability to travel to and do business in Cuba, moving to roll back a historic rapprochement led by the Obama administration that he frequently targeted on the campaign trail.