Category Archives: Agriculture News

Tariffs are now costing the U.S. up to $6 billion a month, according to Tariffs Hurt the Heartland. The trade group says American businesses and consumers paid $6 billion in tariffs in June 2019, one ...

China warns the escalating trade war will result in financial market chaos. China has already announced the stoppage of purchases of U.S. agricultural products after Trump planned to enact additional ...

Any potential trade deal between the U.S. and Japan will include big gains for farmers and ranchers. Politico says that statement comes directly from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. He sa...

Farm Service Agency offices starting on Monday are accepting producer applications for the Market Facilitation Program payments announced last week. The payments are part of the $16 billion trade aid ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – A Northern California judge has upheld a jury’s verdict that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused cancer in a couple but reduced damages from $2 billion to $86....

The sign-up period begins Monday for the next round of trade aid payments to farmers. The Department of Agriculture Thursday announced details of the Market Facilitation Program payments as part of a ...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved a bill to protect the nation's food supply. The committee unanimously approved The Protecting America's Food & Agricult...

Japan and the U.S. are "working hard" to reach a trade agreement, according to those close to the negotiations. A Japanese official told Reuters this week, "Our team is now working pretty hard, so we ...

A bill passed by the House Judiciary Committee would increase the amount of farm debt covered by chapter 12 bankruptcy. Last week, the committee passed the Family Farmer Relief Act. Introduced by New ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A U.S. judge lowered a jury’s damage award from $80 million to $25 million for a California cancer victim who used Monsanto’s Roundup weed-killer. The San Franci...