Category Archives: Agriculture News

A new ag labor bill by California Senator Dianne Feinstein and U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren would allow certain foreign agricultural workers to receive permanent U.S. residency. The California Demo...

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American Farm Bureau policy experts talked trade during a workshop at the organization's 100th annual convention. Farm Bureau will be keeping an eye on a lot of things this year when it comes to trade...

Ten Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to pass a fiscal year 2019 agriculture appropriations bill. A DTN report says the bill is not supported by Senate and House Republican ...

U.S. tariff collections increased, expectedly, in 2018 as President trump waged a trade war on China, along with other tariff heavy trade policies. The U.S. government collected 6.7 billion more in cu...

Trade talks between the U.S. and China should provide an early indication as to what political tensions between the two nations may disrupt the talks. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeff Gerrish wil...

Farm Service Agency offices are officially shut down. What does that mean for the second round of Market Facilitation Payments? A DTN report says producers who have already certified their 2018 produc...

President Donald Trump and his advisers are reportedly considering canceling the North American Free Trade Agreement to help push the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement through Congress. A ProFarmer report ...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue took a look back at a busy year for the USDA and said his agency accomplished a lot of good things for American agriculture. "We fought for American farmers, ranchers, and pr...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue detailed which functions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will remain available in the event of a lapse in government funding. Some of the programs that...