…is a top priority in the new Administration. “President Trump has made it clear he supports a good farm bill that is delivered on time and includes a strong safety…
Renewable Fuels Standard Heads to Court
…also stressed that this isn’t an issue that began when Donald Trump was elected as it’s been a debate for years. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
NAFTA Talks Not Happening Soon
President Donald Trump says the White House will offer some preliminary plans on the possible renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) sometime within the next two weeks….
Canada Doubling Down on Dairy Trade Comments
…scheme implemented by Canada. The comments were Trudeau’s first response to President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin pledge to press Canada for changes to its dairy system as part of North American…
Australia and New Zealand Dairy Leaders Would Support U.S. WTO Action on Canada
…President Donald Trump if he included the WTO in a trade dispute over a milk pricing scheme by Canada that is harming U.S. dairy farmers. U.S. dairy groups say the…
Mexico Finishing New Trade Deal with Argentina
Mexico is looking to establish closer ties with other Latin American and South American countries after Donald Trump took office in the United States, its biggest export market. Reuters says…
Pence Talks Trade in Japan
…ideas on how to take their trading relationship forward. President Donald Trump immediately withdrew the U.S. from the Tans-Pacific Partnership agreement on his first day in office. The vice president…
Canada Responds to Dairy Trade Disagreement with U.S.
Canada’s Ambassador to Washington told the Associated Press this week that Donald Trump is wrong when he says that Canada’s dairy industry trade practices “are very unfair.” David MacNaughton wrote…
Trump Vows to Fix Wisconsin Dairy Situation
At a recent stop in Wisconsin to discuss job creation, President Donald Trump vowed to support Wisconsin dairy farmers in their trade dispute with Canada and possibly make big changes…
More Farmers Considering Drone Use
…say they will keep an open mind about drone use on their operation for 2018. Last August, the Federal Aviation Administration released its final unmanned aircraft rule allowing for the…
U.S. Petition Seeks Brazilian Beef Ban
…scandal in asking the administration to ban “unsafe imports” from Brazil until all beef in the U.S. is sold with a country-of-origin label. Food Safety News reports the petition was…
NMPF Statement on President Trump’s Comments on Dairy Trade Dispute with Canada
…work with the Trump Administration, Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional leaders, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, as well as elected officials across the country to resolve this issue as soon…
National Dairy FARM Program Releases Updated Drug Residue Manual
…Drug Administration report, only 1 out of 8,800 milk tankers – or 0.011 percent – tested positive for antibiotics in 2016, an 89 percent decrease since 1995. Any tanker of…
Little Time to Reverse Organic Livestock Rules
…Trump was sworn in. Politico reports the rules will go into effect May 19th, but Congress has until April 28th to undo the measure, and Congress doesn’t seem likely to…