…hold the hearing for Ted McKinney and Stephen Censky Tuesday, September 19th. Censky, CEO of the American Soybean Association, was nominated by President Trump to serve as Deputy Secretary of…
Almond Board: Low-Dust Harvest Equipment Demos
…staff with messaging and program oversight from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This ensures that all of our messages comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and…
South Korea Wants Step by Step Approach to KORUS
…Trump, Korea says: “Let’s go step by step, rather than just jumping the gun.” It is possible Trump could seek to renegotiate the trade deal, like his move regarding the…
Head of USDA Organic Program Stepping Down
…the Trump administration and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue favor “increased enforcement and authority” for the program, and do not have any desire to weaken the program. McEvoy says he has…
Perdue Part of KORUS Briefing Team That Stopped Withdraw
U.S. news website Axios reports that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was part of the briefing team last week that convinced President Donald Trump to reconsider withdrawing the U.S.-Korea Free Trade…
CDFA, Agricultural Stakeholders Invite Federal Trade Officials to California
…growers and manufacturers. In working collaboratively with the Administration to enhance and expand our global trade ties, California’s agricultural community would like to extend an invitation to you, or an…
Trump Renewed Call for Full Repeal of Estate Tax
President Trump’s renewed call on a North Dakota visit for full repeal of the estate tax is being praised by the American Farm Bureau. But ‘death tax’ repeal faces more…
NAFTA Renegotiation Could Send Avocado Prices Soaring
…companies recently wrote the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office predicting prices could rise, depending on whether the Trump administration, in renegotiating NAFTA, changes rules on anti-dumping and countervailing duties. The letter…
Vilsack says Clovis Lacks Experience for USDA Post
…Trump campaign, helped lead the USDA transition team and is now serving as the department’s liaison to the White House. He was nominated to the undersecretary post in July. From…
USDA Restructuring Efforts Move Forward
…moving of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration into one agency, the Agricultural Marketing Service. Other changes include: moving the food standards Codex office from the Food Safety and…
Beef Industry to White House: Scuttling KORUS is Also a ‘Job Killer’
The U.S. beef industry says if President Trump withdraws the US from the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, millions of dollars and thousands of jobs will be lost throughout the Midwest…
White House Suspends Discussions on Ending KORUS
…the deal could still be terminated but there were no immediate plans to do so. President Trump had been talking with his senior advisers about the possibility of withdrawing from…
House Debates Ag Spending Bills as Fiscal Battle Looms
House lawmakers began debating bills on Wednesday to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. Politico’s Morning Ag Report says the funding would be for…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…be promulgated, amended, or eliminated; and programs and policies to be implemented, streamlined, or discarded will be provided to President Trump in late October. In order to develop fresh, creative…