Category Archives: Agriculture News
USMCA to Congress this Fall
The White House will send the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to Congress after September first, setting up a busy fall schedule for lawmakers. While the goal of the move is to set up a vote before the e...
Cumulus Media Jul 11, 2019
Changing Poultry Outlook
A new outlook from Rabobank says African swine fever impacting pork production is balancing trade for poultry. The latest report on poultry found the sector has experienced gradually improving market ...
Cumulus Media Jul 10, 2019
Cal Makes First Rice Sale to China
Reuters says a private importer in China purchased rice from the U.S for the first time ever, even though the two countries are in the middle of a trade war. Michael Klein, a spokesman for USA Rice, s...
Cumulus Media Jul 08, 2019

Judge to Reassess $80 Million Award in Monsanto’s Roundup Cancer Case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal judge says he will reconsider a jury’s $80 million damage award to a cancer victim who used Monsanto’s Roundup weed-killer. The San Francisco Chronicle...
Cumulus Media Jul 03, 2019
Pelosi Wants “Surgical” Changes to USMCA
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement may need to be opened up again and changed with "surgical precision" before the House will vote on it. "It wouldn't be like we're openi...
Cumulus Media Jul 01, 2019
USDA Will Defend Trade Aid at WTO
The World Trade Organization has been receiving complaints about the aid money that California and other farmers in our nation are getting from the government. However, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says ...
Cumulus Media Jun 28, 2019
New Tariffs Could Hit Pesticides
The pesticide industry is asking the Trump administration to exempt its chemical imports from China from the potential $300 billion in new 25% tariffs the president is threatening to impose next month...
Cumulus Media Jun 25, 2019
Honey Bee Losses Increase
Bee colony death numbers are continuing to climb. The Bee Informed Partnership released its latest survey last week, saying U.S. beekeepers lost 40 percent of their colonies last winter. That's the la...
Cumulus Media Jun 24, 2019
Farm Trade Relief May Violate World Trade Rules
The European Union and China, along with five others, are criticizing President Trump’s $16 billion trade relief program for farmers, claiming it may violate world trade rules. Specifically, the...
Cumulus Media Jun 19, 2019

India Slaps 70% Tariff on U.S. Almonds, Apples
India's decision to slap new tariffs on American goods over the weekend escalates a trade battle with the United States that may not be worth fighting and could backfire. The Indian tariffs on 28 US p...
Cumulus Media Jun 17, 2019
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