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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 03, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2017 - Talk of reduced regulations and a fresh ag policy perspective is all well and good, but a pair of former USDA officials say agriculture should be leery of too much of a good thing.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2017 - The tumultuous relationship between President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has farmers worried about the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a trade pact that is regarded highly by much of the agriculture sector.
Perhaps no sector of the American economy is more dependent on trade than agriculture. It is the life blood of the heartland supporting over 15 million jobs throughout the United States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2017 - Trade was on the list of topics that U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked about on Saturday, according to a White House statement. The two leaders agreed to meet in person in Washington on Feb. 10.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 - President-elect Donald Trump’s delayed selection of his new agriculture secretary not only has created consternation among his farm belt supporters and many farm group leaders, it likely will mean that filling USDA’s sub-cabinet and agency officials will take even longer than usual.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2017 – USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service on Wednesday detailed the final organic animal welfare rule it will release this week, and the finished product looks awfully similar to its previous proposal.
Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Sean Spicer, Mike Pence, Tom Vilsack, Michael Scuse, John Carney, Alfred Almanza, Food Safety Inspection Service, National Pork Producers Council, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
The House of Representatives` Freedom Caucus lists the USDA National Organic Program as one that should be a high priority for reform under President-elect Donald Trump. We agree.
