Category Archives: Agriculture News

Reuters says 44 members of Congress are asking U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to restore trade concessions to India. They say the U.S. withdrawal of that trade privilege has led to retali...

Japan will eliminate tariffs on U.S. wine imports as part of a trade agreement announced between the U.S. and Japan. Reuters says Japan will eliminate the tariffs on U.S. wine within 5 to 7 years afte...

New numbers just released by the California Department of Food And Agriculture. According to a CDFA news release, California's farms and ranches in 2018 received almost $50 billion in cash receipts fo...

The Waters of the U.S. Rule was repealed by Trump administration. The rule greatly expanded the EPA's federal jurisdiction and scope of bodies of water subject to Clean Water Act requirements. Senate ...

Organic farmers will harvest a record number of acres across the U.S. this year despite the weather and trade challenges plaguing agriculture in 2019. According to the Annual Acreage Report by Mercari...

The Department of Agriculture says signups for disaster aid for 2018 and 2019 will open on Wednesday, September 11th. Producers will be able to apply for assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane ...

A class-action lawsuit claims 18 chicken processors have conspired to fix wages for workers. Three poultry plant workers filed the lawsuit last week claiming the industry has conspired to fix and depr...

Farmer concern regarding low prices and the farm economy led to a sharp drop in the August Ag Economy Barometer. The Perdue/CME Group economic measure fell 29 points last month to a reading of 124. Th...

The United States and Japan reached an agreement over the weekend on an agriculture-related trade deal. The agreement, according to President Trump, will lower tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods, alth...

A coalition of U.S. dairy groups is urging the Trump administration to reach a trade agreement with Japan quickly. More than 70 dairy groups and companies sent a letter to Trade Representative Robert ...