Category Archives: Agriculture News
NAFTA Talks Progressing
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...
Cumulus Media Apr 10, 2018
Spring Food Prices Increase
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...
Cumulus Media Mar 28, 2018
Possible Chinese Tariffs on California Farm Exports
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...
Cumulus Media Mar 23, 2018
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...
Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media 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...
Cumulus Media Feb 23, 2018
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