…toward boosting U.S. exports. These proposed cuts follow a promise from the secretary that the administration would focus on expanding foreign market access to help farmers. The plan also proposes…
Robust Organic Sector Posts New Records in U.S. Sales
…and compete on a level playing field. That means federal, state and local programs that help support organic research, and provide the organic farmer with a fully equipped toolkit to…
Conaway, Peterson Host Agriculture Committee Roundtable with Sec. Perdue and Amb. Lighthizer on Trade
…the committee to hear directly from both Sec. Perdue and Amb. Lighthizer to gain a better understanding of the administration’s plans for agriculture trade. We need to ensure that agriculture…
ARS Hydrologist Honored for Bringing Accuracy to Soil Moisture Satellite Work
…three to 15 years of federal service for their exceptional contributions to the federal government. Image: ARS land-based sensors like this one and ARS research hydrologist Michael Cosh’s algorithms have…
FY18 Federal Budget Very Concerning
The National Cotton Council says the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposal includes a number of extremely concerning program reductions and eliminations that, if implemented, would severely compromise policies…
EPA Is The Top Target for Budget Cuts
…the president’s budget respects the American taxpayer. “This budget supports EPA’s highest priorities with federal funding for priority work in infrastructure, air and water quality,” Pruitt says, “and it ensures…
White House Budget Proposal Cuts Ag Spending $46 Billion
…The president proposes a 36 percent cut in the federally subsidized crop insurance program. That’s a larger cut than what the Obama Administration proposed and was ultimately rejected by farm…
Ag Groups Respond to White House Budget Cuts
President Trump’s Budget is an Assault on the Farm Safety Net and Rural Communities, National Farmers Union Says President Donald J. Trump issued the detailed fiscal year 2018 federal budget…
Proposed Ag Budget Fails Farmers, Ranchers, Farm Bureau President Says
Duvall The following may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: “The American Farm Bureau Federation and its members are concerned about the federal budget deficit. However,…
Crop Insurance Industry Fears Budget Cuts
…sent a letter to Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, asking that the administration looks somewhere other than crop insurance for possible budget cuts. The groups…
Farmers Nervous About NAFTA Renegotiation
…Canadian markets. After briefly considering the idea of scrapping the deal entirely, Trump’s top trade official, Robert Lighthizer, informed Congress last week that the administration will instead renegotiate the deal….
Stabenow Expresses Concerns with EPA Scientist Dismissals
…in Administration. In the letter, she asks Pruitt for names of who was dismissed and issues likely to come before the board in the next year, among a host of…
Trump Plan to Balance Budget Includes Farm Subsidy Cuts
…The budget proposal will also include Trump’s proposal to overhaul the tax code. But, with an effort of eliminating the federal deficit, many suspect tax cuts will be offset by…
NCC: Maintaining NAFTA Benefits is Crucial
…industry “urges the Administration to stay involved in this important trade agreement and not weaken current provisions. A strengthening of the textile rules of origin and a modernization of NAFTA…