…of the GOP. The business side of the debate is waiting to see if the Trump administration will use executive power to change the legal immigration system and what kind…
Freedom Caucus Wants Nutrition Rules Overturned
The House Freedom Caucus (Twitter) (Facebook) is a group of conservative House Republicans that issued a 23-page list of regulations it wants overturned in a Trump administration, and nutrition is…
Ag Groups React to Proposed GIPSA Rules
…to make changes in the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules that would govern those contracts. The Turkey Federation says the changes would increase costs, reduce overall productivity,…
Wheat Growers Welcome Actions on China Trade
…administration unfairly impedes wheat export opportunities. The USTR announced the TRQ action simultaneously with a request that the WTO form a dispute panel in the case it filed in September…
Report on Investments to Grow the Rural Economy
FY 2016 Rural Development Progress Report Released Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the final year-end report of the Obama administration’s results creating jobs and investing in rural communities nationwide. “USDA…
Conaway: China’s Predatory Practices Harming U.S. Producers
…will pursue enforcement action against China for its illegal Tariff Rate Quota administration which has harmed U.S. farm and ranch families: “Over the course of the past two years, the…
Western Governors Vow Climate Change Fight
Three governors representing western U.S. states have vowed to move forward with efforts to fight climate change regardless of how the incoming Donald Trump administration treats the issue. The governors…
USDA Rushing to Finish Organic Livestock Welfare Rule
The Department of Agriculture is “doing everything” it can to roll out the department’s organic livestock welfare rule before the Obama administration leaves office next month. The rule is currently…
AFBF Duvall on USDA’s GIPSA Rule Proposals
…fairly, without disrupting beef and pork markets. “Farm Bureau has long advocated for changes in the Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) rules. We have asked for changes to…
The Western View: As the Pendulum Swings
…kinds of new social programs and new rules under Obama. The Pendulum But the pendulum hit the wall and is swinging to the right. Donald Trump’s victory was a clear…
Conaway Disappointed With USDA Midnight Rule-Making
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the release of three controversial Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules—one interim final rule and two proposed rules that will be…
White House Issues ‘Midnight’ GIPSA Rule
…the Trump administration and the new Congress to repeal the “unnecessary, destructive and illegitimate midnight rule.” Written by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),…
USCA Urges Action on Farmer Fair Practices Rules
…its letter, USCA asks the Administration to move forward with publishing the rules for public comment. In its letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, USCA is requesting a swift and seamless…
Trump Ag Advisors Scoff at Heitkamp Talk
…and Republicans at times, Trump’s agriculture allies consider Heitkamp a snub against Trump’s network of rural supporters. Politico over the weekend reported Heitkamp topped the list to head USDA, but…