U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today expressed his strong support for President Trump’s tax reform agenda as a great benefit to the American agriculture community. Perdue issued the following…
Agri View: Trade Policies
Everett Griner talks about President Trumps’ trade policies disturbing in today’s Agri View. Trade Policies If Donald Trump were running for President now, I don’t think he would enjoy the…
WOTUS Public Meetings Scheduled
…teleconference for agriculture is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Registration information can be found on the EPA website (https://www.epa.gov/wotus-rule/outreach-meetings). The EPA is following an executive order by President Donald…
Mexico Won’t Negotiate NAFTA Via Twitter
Mexico declared over the weekend the nation would not negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement via social media. The announcement followed another post on Twitter by President Donald Trump…
Stabenow Concerned with Monument Review
The top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee says she is “deeply concerned” with the Trump administration review of national monuments. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted findings to the White…
Stabenow Supports Call to Withdraw Clovis Nomination
Clovis Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Brian Schatz of Hawaii called for President Trump to withdraw the nomination of Sam Clovis as USDA Undersecretary for Research, Education, and…
Farm Trade Expert Says Trump “Playing With Fire” on NAFTA Comments
A farm trade expert says President Trump is “playing with fire” with his comments at a Phoenix rally that he’s more likely to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement…
South Korea Says No to KORUS Talks
…went into effect in 2012 and has widely been considered a symbol of deepening economic ties, but President Donald Trump has vowed to fix or scrap the free trade deal,…
Trump NAFTA Comments Worrisome to Agriculture
President Donald Trump told a crowd in Arizona earlier this week regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement talks that “I don’t think we can make a deal,” putting billions…
U.S. Moving Forward with WTO China Grains Case
…tariff-rate quotas at question include tariffs for wheat, rice, and corn. The request was initiated by the Obama administration last year, and the Trump administration is moving forward with the…
Producers Receive Favorable Decisions on Regulatory Matters
…onerous— ‘Waters of the US’ or ‘WOTUS’—is likely to be ditched. The EPA this week extended ‘til September 27th, the public comment period on the Trump Administration’s plans to repeal…
First Round of NAFTA Talks Conclude
…as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the U.S. wouldn’t accept a “tweaking” of the deal that President Trump says has failed Americans and gutted U.S. manufacturing. Experts tell Bloomberg…
EPA Extends WOTUS Repeal Comment Period
…in late June. The Trump administration plans to separately write a new regulation to replace the rule. Additionally, President Trump signed an executive order in February ordering EPA Administrator Scott…
U.S. Pork Gains Long-Awaited Access to Argentine Market
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) applauds the Trump administration for negotiating U.S. pork access to the Argentine market. Argentina was among several countries with non-science based barriers to U.S….