Articles by Bill Tomson

A rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal would go far beyond just causing U.S. exporters to miss out on lower tariffs, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said today. It would also weaken America and hurt the status of the U.S. as an internat

The U.S. government is trying to renegotiate an import agreement with Mexico in order to staunch a flow of sugar into the U.S. that�s hurting U.S. refiners, sources tell Agri-Pulse.

The U.K. already buys hundreds of millions of dollars of nuts, beer, wine, ethanol, seafood and other agricultural goods every year from the U.S., and volumes are expected to increase should the U.S. and the European Union eventually reach agreement on t

Pat Roberts, Claire McCaskill, Brexit, pork exports, Chris Hurt, cage-free, Elanor Starmer, Agriculture Marketing Service, Mexico, Canada, North American Leader Summit, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, North American Climate

Pat Roberts, Debbie Stabenow, U.K., Brexit, European Union, EU, Britain, Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations, Kevin Brady, Food Prices, Tom Vilsack, Hillary Clinton, catfish inspection

The Bureau of Land Management came under heavy fire today from Republicans today in a House hearing that focused on the surging overpopulation of wild horses that are damaging rangeland that livestock producers depend on.

House members from catfish-producing Southern states say support is growing for their efforts to keep food safety inspection authority for catfish at the USDA.

Support in the House for a vote to kill the USDA s catfish inspection program is formidable, but some lawmakers are still fighting to prevent a reversal of farm bill law that could give the responsibility back to the FDA. The Senate has already taken a stand against USDA inspection

Senator Pat Roberts, Senator Debbie Stabenow, GMO labeling law, Vietnamese Catfish, Food Safety Inspection Service, USDA, Golden Quality Seafood Corporation, CAFO, Environmental Working Group, North Carolina, Waterkeeper Alliance

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, European Union, David Salmonsen, American Farm Bureau Federation, Ken Ash, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Cuba, Ron Moore, American Soybean Association, United States Soybean Export Council