…Trump in repealing and replacing the WOTUS rule. Earlier this year, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt said the change would offer certainty for agriculture. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
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…
Knowing the Rules for Drones in Agriculture
…Aircraft System (UAS), or drone, comes with a strict set of regulations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This spring, the FAA discovered 21% of all commercial drones were being…
Farm Trade Expert Says Trump “Playing With Fire” on NAFTA Comments
…Administration, Paul Drazek has this. Trade Drazek says President Trump’s intent to pull out of NAFTA if talks fail would be “catastrophic” for all three countries’ economies, especially in agriculture,…
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…
Wheat Growers Say NAFTA Can be Improved
…U.S. wheat buyers and wheat producers if negotiated correctly. NAWG will continue to work with the Administration to ensure wheat is present during the renegotiation discussions and that the new…
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…
Perdue Announces Tony Tooke as New Forest Service Chief
…Forest System; with oversight of Lands and Realty, Minerals and Geology, Ecosystem Management Coordination, Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers, the National Partnership Office, and Business Administration and Support Services….
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…