Zinke The United States Cattlemen’s Association Tuesday announced its support for Congressman Ryan Zinke, the nominee by President Donald Trump to the Secretary of Interior position. The Senate Energy and…
Heitkamp First Democrat to Back USDA Nominee Perdue
Heitkamp North Dakota Democrat, Senator Heidi Heitkamp this week endorsed Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue. Heitkamp is the first Democrat in the Senate to endorse President Donald Trump’s pick to…
Agriculture Groups Stress Importance of Trade
More than 80 agriculture groups signed off on a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday, calling on the administration to reduce and eliminate tariffs and other restrictive agricultural policies in…
GIPSA Rule Comment Period Extended
The Trump administration extended the deadline for submitting comments on a regulation related to the buying and selling of livestock, a move hailed by the National Pork Producers Council, which…
Trump Urged To Start Trade Talks With Japan
Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state visit here, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the National Pork Producers Council urged President Trump to begin negotiations on a free…
USDA Removes Personal information from Animal Welfare Act Documents
…(USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has shared information on its website concerning its administration of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and Horse Protection Act (HPA). This information…
Soy Growers Defend Soymilk
…believed cow’s milk to be an ingredient in soymilk. The letter follows a separate letter to the Food and Drug Administration sent last week, in which the Soyfoods Association concluded…
U.S. Rejection of TPP Creates Opportunities for Canada
…Pork Development Board says the U.S. backing out of TPP and President Donald Trump’s eagerness to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement could create a void in the global…
GMO Labeling Law May Avoid Executive Order on Regulations
The national GMO labeling law passed by Congress may avoid the Donald Trump administration executive order against government regulations. The executive order calls for two regulations to be removed from…
Farmer Fair Practices Rules Effective Date, Comment Periods Extended
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is delaying the effective date of a rule by 60 days, and extending the comment period by 30…
Farm Groups Endorse Agriculture Secretary Nominee Perdue
Perdue More than 650 agriculture groups have endorsed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In a letter to House and Senate agriculture leaders last week,…
GMO Labeling Bill Facing Uphill Battle
…of Proposed Rule-making to pose questions to the public. However, the proposal was withdrawn under the new Donald Trump Administration. In addition, under a new executive order aimed at reducing…
Trump: Change NAFTA to NAFFTA
President Donald Trump has suggested changing the acronym of the North American Free Trade Agreement when renegotiating the trade deal. Trump wants to include an extra ‘F’ in the term…
Insider Shares Political Realities at Record-Breaking Cattle Industry Convention
Dana Perino tells audience to “Expect the Unexpected” Actions of the new administration are like “a dog on ice chasing a marble,” Dana Perino told an audience at the 2017…