Leaders from Japan told a Nebraska trade delegation last week that Japan is not interested in a bilateral trade agreement with the United States. Instead, Japan told Nebraska Governor Pete…
Help Texas Agriculture Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
…declared as a disaster by Governor Greg Abbott. “Texas agriculture suffered major losses,” Boening said. “Some of that will be covered by other means, but much of it will not….
Western View: Waters of California?
…off a lot of agriculture. Trump got rid of the Federal rules. But now, Governor Brown is reviving them on the state level. He wants to create the same type…
Wind Power Advancing in U.S.
…homes, supporting nearly 6,000 jobs in the state, and making lease payments of up to $15 million a year to its farmers and ranchers. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback declared, “In…
California Lawmakers Extend Cap and Trade
The California Legislature has approved Assembly Bill 398, extending the state’s greenhouse gas, cap and trade program to 2030. The bill passed with a two-thirds super majority and Governor Jerry…
State Funds Authorized to Combat ACP
Governor Brown signed the 2017 Budget Act, authorizing $10 million in funding to go towards preventing the spread of Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) and the disease it can carry, huanglongbing…
Trump Pledges to Include Rural Broadband in Infrastructure Plan
…farmers access to new tools, according to Politico. The event was also a sendoff for former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, now U.S. Ambassador to China, as he heads for Beijing…
Agri View: Southern Choice
…are from their part of the country. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the President of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Duvall The Secretary of Agriculture is former Georgia Governor…
Nebraska Firm First to Ship U.S. Beef to China
…U.S. to export beef to China, the Nebraska-based company announced it would send beef by air freight to a customer in Shanghai. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts and Nebraska Department of…
Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary Perdue Unveil Beehive at Vice President’s Residence
…Pence installed a beehive in the Indiana governor’s residence in 2014, when Vice President Mike Pence served as the state’s governor. She said more than 80 percent of the land…
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to Travel to Canada
…the Southeastern United States-Canadian Provinces Alliance (SEUS-CP), of which he was a founding member while serving as Governor of Georgia. At a downtown Toronto restaurant, he will also kick off…
Maryland Joins California in Banning Routine Antibiotics Use in Livestock
…passed without the state’s governor’s signature and will go into effect on January first. The laws in Maryland and California go beyond U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines, which prohibit…
EPA Extends Timeline for Pesticide Applicators Rule
…rule’s intended benefits,” said Administrator Pruitt. Last month, Administrator Pruitt met with Missouri Governor Eric Greitens to discuss the C&T rule, among other issues. “Administrator Pruitt proved that the old…
Georgia Lawmakers Ask Perdue to Ditch GIPSA Rules
A group of Georgia lawmakers is pitching an idea to scrap some GIPSA rules to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, a former Georgia Governor. A group of 10 members of Congress…