Category Archives: Agriculture News
Senate Finance Committee Wants to Talk Trade & Tariffs
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...
Mar 19, 2018
Livestock Haulers Get Another ELD Waiver
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...
Mar 15, 2018
Mexico & Canada Don’t Want Tariff Exemptions Tied to NAFTA
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...
Mar 12, 2018
TPP Leaves U.S. Behind
The 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries officially left the U.S. behind this week by signing an amended agreement that does not include the United States. The 11 nations signed what is no...
Mar 09, 2018
Judge Rules Against California’s Prop 65 Glyphosate Label
A U.S. District Court Judge in the eastern California district issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits the state from implementing what the judge says is a "false and misleading" Prop 65 labeli...
Feb 28, 2018
Governors Lobby for NAFTA Conclusion
Governors from more than 40 states were in Washington, D.C., this past weekend for their annual winter meeting. International issues like the future of trade were among the topics they covered, as wel...
Feb 26, 2018
Ag Tax Fix Is Coming
A DTN report says Congress may be close to replacing the Section 199A language in the new tax law that curbs the advantages of farmers who sell their products to cooperatives rather than private compa...
Feb 23, 2018
World Ag Expo Opens Tuesday in Tulare
The World Ag Expo in Tulare is billed as the largest annual agricultural exposition of its kind. According to the International Agri-Center, the World Ag Expo will have more than 1,500 exhibitors disp...
Feb 12, 2018
Agriculture Reacts to State of the Union Address
Farm groups call for unity and a follow-through on promises from President Donald Trump after his State of the Union address Tuesday night. In a released statement, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ...
Jan 31, 2018
Americans Will Eat 1.35 Billion Chicken Wings for Super Bowl
The annual Chicken Wing Report by the National Chicken Council estimates that Americans will consume 1.35 billion wings during Super Bowl weekend, an all-time high. The report released Thursday says t...
Jan 26, 2018
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