…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…
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…
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
…the USDA and FDA. That’s $1.1 billion lower than last year but still, over $4 billion more than President Trump requested in his budget. By voice vote, the House adopted…
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…
Perdue on President Trump’s Tax Reform Agenda
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue reiterated his strong support for President Trump’s tax reform agenda, as the president outlined in North Dakota. Perdue issued the following statement: “Farming is…
American Biofuels Producers Demand U.S. Government Respond to Brazilian Tariff
…between our two countries to expand global ethanol demand and trade. President Trump has been a strong supporter of America’s biofuels producers, and decisive action to defend this crucial domestic…
KORUS Withdraw Would Harm Pork Producers
Iowa State University says pork prices could fall by nearly five dollars per-animal if the U.S. withdraws from the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, known as KORUS. President Donald Trump suggested…
White House Backs 2018 Spending Package
The Trump administration offered support this week to the 2018 spending package the U.S. House is set to consider that includes the ag spending bill. The measure includes funding for…
Farmer Optimism Waning
…to results of the previous survey conducted in March. While still 45 percent above the 71.9 Index conducted in August 2016, it’s a sign the so-called “Trump Bump” is fading….