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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2017- A new poll shows that American farmers are pessimistic that there’s going to be any improvement in the agricultural economy over the next year. Half of U.S. growers think conditions will be about the same and nearly 29 percent think they’ll actually be worse.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - The Environmental Protection Agency should have a new administrator in place by this weekend to carry out President Trump’s agenda of reducing the impact of federal regulations on agriculture and other sectors.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - Cotton growers are redoubling their efforts to get new federal assistance approved by Congress or the Trump administration before lawmakers start writing the next farm bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - With a heap of snow in the Sierra Nevada and a winter deluge of rain, California agriculture is floating out of its five-year drought rather swimmingly.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - Court fights over the scope of the government’s authority under the Clean Water Act are likely to increase during the Trump administration, attorneys who specialize in CWA law said at a conference in Washington last week.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - The U.S. Grains Council has always been one of the major voices for the country’s grain exports, but the last several weeks have brought some major changes to the requirements for that job.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - President Trump’s advisers are getting an earful about the potential impact of his trade policy on the U.S. farm economy.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2017 - President Donald Trump had glowing words Monday to describe the U.S. relationship with Canada, saying that he had no major problems with the North American Free Trade Agreement when it comes to the northern U.S. border.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2017 - President Donald Trump is back in Washington today after a two-day trip to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where he spent the weekend with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, playing golf and talking policy.