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USDA today released 2017 planting projections at the 93rd Outlook Forum held near Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration and immigration reform is shaking up Washington, but it also has the agriculture industry worried about losing more labor.
A panel of economists painted a dark picture of the U.S. farm sector during a House Agriculture Committee hearing, although they said indicators are not as dire as in the 1980s, when high interest rates, low commodity prices and a strong dollar combined to drive a wave of farm foreclosures.
Donald Trump is moving quickly to dismantle seven decades of American policy built on trade deals and multinational alliances that help fuel the U.S. and global economies.
Rural Wisconsin voters await economic revival in a part of now pro-Trump America.
USDA released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report Feb. 9. Here are the numbers you need to know.
The House next week will hold a general rural economic outlook hearing as part of its work on a new farm bill. The Senate later this month will hold its first field hearing. The farm bill debate has begun with a goal of inking a final bill and passed by Congress by early summer 2018, but no later than September 2018.
A proposed bill in New York classifying farm dogs as “livestock” has been withdrawn.
The Agriculture Department says “adjustments may be made” in its decision to remove animal welfare inspection reports, enforcement records and other information about the treatment of animals from its website.
Judge weighing Utah law banning on undercover farm filming
Representatives from the Clinton and Trump Campaigns shared their stances on several key Agricultural issues this week in Washington DC.
America’s military veterans are revered for their service but still often struggle to find stateside employment when they return home. The Farmer Veteran Coalition would like to change that.
The North Dakota Farmers Union’s potential intervention in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the state’s anti-corporate farming law isn’t likely to affect the outcome, an attorney for North Dakota Farm Bureau says.
Some citizens give more thought to what they’re having for dinner than who they’re voting for for president. But American voters’ decisions in the 2016 presidential election could determine what the world has—or doesn’t have—for dinner.
Some controversial new laws might soon come into play.
Hundreds of people protested Saturday in Warsaw against free-trade agreements that the European Union is pursuing with the U.S. and Canada, saying they will hurt Polish farmers and consumers.
An egg industry group’s discussions about thwarting the sale of an eggless vegan spread at Whole Foods were inappropriate, a review by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found.
The first few weeks of President Donald Trump’s administration have been especially busy, with much at stake for U.S. agriculture.
A Utah law proposal would make it illegal to harrass livestock with a drone, and animal rights activists don’t like it.
For years, Chile has had a curious double standard when it comes to genetically modified organisms. The country is a global powerhouse in the production of GM seeds -- but makes them strictly off-limits to domestic farmers. Throw any in the ground for the local market, and the crop cops may slap you with a fine.
Mexican food, drink imports into U.S. were $21 billion in 2015.
Tensions are still high between Mexico and the U.S. as the battle over construction of a border wall begins, putting immigration and migrant labor back in the spotlight.
Even as he puts a stake through Barack Obama’s ambitious, 12-nation trade pact with Asia, President Donald Trump has signaled he’s willing to strike narrower bilateral deals in the region. His first one should be with Japan.
Two pipeline projects that came to a grinding halt under the Obama administration now are getting the green light from President Trump.
This week, an online battle is being fought 140 characters at a time. Three separate incidents sparked off the current agitation on Twitter.
Tomorrow a tractor will make its way down Pennsylvania Ave. as part of the inaugural parade.
Donald Trump’s choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that climate change is real, breaking with both the president-elect and his own past statements.
The United States of America has a new president as of today, but that’s not the only change that happened. The whitehouse.gov website is now populated with Trump administration policy positions, and one of the first ones posted is titled “An America First Energy Plan.”
Trump team says Bayer promised to add 3,000 jobs at Monsanto.