Category Archives: Agriculture News

Republicans in the House have accused Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of pushing Democrats on the House Agricultural Committee to oppose the House version of the farm bill. The biggest objection is over ...

President Donald Trump says "I don't want to go back into" the Trans-Pacific Partnership according to the Hagstrom Report. In a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump told repo...

Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall says the release of the House Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 assures farmers and ranchers that congressional leaders recognize the challenges Ag is facing. He...

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association submitted comments to the Department of Agriculture outlining key principles for the regulation of fake meat products. NCBA is requesting USDA to work with th...

Trade officials from the U.S., Mexico and Canada are hopeful to reach a consensus on the North American Free Trade Agreement by early May. A trade negotiator from Mexico says "there's a very high prob...

The annual Spring Picnic Marketbasket Survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation shows higher retail prices for several foods. The informal survey showed the total cost of 16 food items that can be...

Within hours of President Trump announcing Tariffs against China, the Chinese government released a possible tariff list on American products. Part of that list includes farm goods, which according to...

The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing this hursday, March 22, regarding the Trump Administration's trade policy. The Hagstrom Report says that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wi...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted livestock haulers an additional 90-day waiver from a regulation that could have a negative effect on animal well-being. The National Pork Produc...

Mexico and Canada were happy to hear about President's Trump's willingness to exclude them from tariffs on steel and aluminum exports to the U.S. However, they expect any talks about a possible perman...