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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2017 - When it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) there is a consensus among wheat, corn, rice, dairy, pork, beef, sorghum and other producers ...
In California, five years of record-breaking drought have given way to a record-breaking winter of rain and snow that has provided farmers more water than they know what to do with.
ARKANSAS, May 10, 2017 - Weather events across the country are taking a toll on the 2017 growing season, crippling planting efforts in some places before they can even get started.
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 - Last week was a roller-coaster ride for U.S. agriculture after President Donald Trump first threatened to pull the U.S. out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ...
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - The director of agricultural development for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says the U.S. and other developed countries need to continue to support agricultural research if farmers are to meet the demand for food from a burgeoning world population.
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to the U.S. has buoyed hope among the American ag sector that the Trump administration can improve trade relations between the two countries.
(This is the third article in our new Agri-Pulse series, “The seven things you should know before you write the next farm bill.” Each segment provides important background and “lessons learned” that can help inform and stimulate debate before formal work starts on writing the next farm bill.)