…a focus on current and future agricultural labor needs. Creating a guest-worker program to bring in legal employees will allow federal and state governments to focus resources on removing bad…
Kansas Governor Brownback May Be An Ambassador
Brownback Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is in talks with the Trump Administration about a potential ambassador position. Sources close to the governor say no offer has been extended yet. A…
Put COOL Into NAFTA Negotiations
…Mexico. Lynn says Congress and the Obama Administration “caved” by giving into the ruling. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative defended the move for several years, but Lynn says…
NCBA Hails Senate Passage of BLM Planning Rule Repeal
…and by eliminating stakeholder and local input into the planning process. The Obama Administration finalized the BLM Planning 2.0 Rule in December. Under the Congressional Review Act, the U.S. House…
National Farmers Union Cautions Against Health Care Changes
The National Farmers Union is urging caution against potential impacts federal health care reforms may have in rural America. The Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare,…
USDA Confirms H7 Avian Influenza in Tennessee
…internal temperature of 165 ˚F kills bacteria and viruses. As part of existing avian influenza response plans, Federal and State partners are working jointly on additional surveillance and testing in…
Administration Expected to Notify Congress on Redoing NAFTA
…the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees trade, that the administration would notify them in mid-March that it will renegotiate the 23-year old pact. Once the administration communicates its…
Billionaire Defends Ethanol Plan
…a refinery so who knows it better than me? Why shouldn’t I advocate” Federal rules prohibit government employees from profiting from government service, but Icahn isn’t paid so those rules…
Former EPA Offical May Testify in Glyphosate Lawsuit
…and regulators that its glyphosate-based weed killer can potentially cause non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A federal judge said Monday that he’s leaning toward making Rowland submit to questioning from the plaintiff’s lawyers,…
Cattlemen, PLC Applaud Zinke As New Interior Secretary
…lands and values cooperation with stakeholders is good for everyone. “ The secretary is from the west and understands the challenges of communities with a large federal footprint. We look…
Farm Credit System Able To Weather Economic Downturn
…system should be able to weather the downturn in the Ag economy. That was the message Farm Credit Administration CEO and board chair Dallas Tonsager gave to members of the…
White House Says No Changes to RFS
…statement from the Renewable Fuels Association saying a member of the Trump administration informed them an order was pending. News of the pending order and its subsequent denial threw turbulence…
Feed Industry Welcomes New Secretary of Commerce
The American Feed Industry Association welcomes Wilbur Ross as the new Secretary of Commerce in the Trump Administration. AFIA announced its intention to work closely with the Department of Commerce…
Potential Deal to Change the Renewable Fuels Standard
A Bloomberg Report says billionaire investor Carl Icahn and a leading biofuels group have put together an agreement for the Trump administration to revamp the Renewable Fuels Standard. People familiar…