Category Archives: Agriculture News

The Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency is reminding producers that their crop insurance premiums for the 2019 crop year are due January 31st. Policies that do not have the premium paid...

The impeachment process is expected to now delay Senate consideration of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The House of Representatives is expected to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. S...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a California company that produces Crystal Geyser bottled water has pleaded guilty to illegally storing and transporting hazardous waste and agreed to ...

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement timeline remains uncertain. However, lawmakers seem certain they will pass the agreement, at the latest, following impeachment hearings, according to the American Farm...

A Chinese delegation will travel to Washington, D.C. next week to join President Donald Trump in signing the phase one trade agreement between the two nations. The South China Morning Post reports Chi...

2020 is expected to be a big year for U.S. agriculture export growth. American Farm Bureau Federation senior congressional relations director Dave Salmonsen says China will be a big part of that growt...

U.S. organic sales doubled between 2012 and 2017, even though the total value of U.S. agricultural sales remained flat. The USDA says growth in the organic sector has taken off since the early 2010s a...

  President Trump is tweeting that he will be signing the Phase One Trade Deal with China January 15th at a ceremony at the White House. And President Trump is announcing that high level represen...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a clarification on its requirements for accuracy in labeling of meat and poultry products. An Agri-Pulse report says the Food Safety and Inspection Service ...

Things have been hard in agriculture and more specifically, it's been hard to be a farmer. Wet weather, low crop prices, as well as trade disputes have put some farmers on the edge. Financial stress i...