Category Archives: Agriculture News

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas says his genetically modified food labeling bill is not ready. Roberts told the Hagstrom Report he hopes his bill will be bipartisan, but he...

The Agriculture Transportation Coalition is concerned that a new international container weight verification rule could negatively affect U.S. exporters. The National Pork Producers Council, part of t...

House Speaker Paul Ryan said this week his chamber does not have the votes yet to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Wisconsin Republican also said lawmakers have a long list of issues regarding ...

The Budget proposal released by the White House includes a cut to crop insurance. The budget request to Congress calls for a ten-year, $18 billion cut to the federal crop insurance program. The reques...

The National Cotton Council says 2016 will be another challenging year for the U.S. cotton industry. At the 2016 NCC annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, a market economist warned of the challenges amid l...

The 49th annual World Ag Expo opens 9am in Tulare at the International Agri-Center. This is the largest annual agricultural event of its kind in the world. More than 1,500 exhibitors have the latest f...

The $43 billion takeover deal by ChemChina to purchase Syngenta will likely face a regulatory review from the United States. Bloomberg reports a U.S. national security watchdog is likely to look close...

Senate Agriculture Chair Pat Roberts says a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not expected until after the November Elections. Roberts delivered that message to the National Association of Stat...

A new poll by Agri-Pulse finds the majority of farmers and ranchers plan to vote for a Republican in the 2016 presidential election. The poll results announced last week say 40 percent of those Republ...

A coalition of agriculture groups is calling on Congress to repeal the Cuba embargo to allow agriculture exports. The latest announcement from the Commerce Department allows more exports to Cuba, but ...