Items Tagged with 'Minnesota'

Brazilian soybean producers want to keep the recent gains they’ve made in the Chinese market even as U.S.-China relations improve. 

Amy Klobuchar is said to be considering a run for governor of Minnesota this year as Democratic Gov. Tim Walz drops out of the race. 

Today is government shutdown Day 20 and there’s no end in sight.

The United States' hog and pig inventory totaled 74.5 million head as of Sept. 1, down 1% from the previous year, according to a report published last week by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

States are learning that the Food and Drug Administration will cut funding for state cooperative agreements on produce and manufactured food inspections and recall teams by up to 60% as the overall agency budget has remained stagnant. 

The Senate is back in session this week with a key nomination for trade policy on senators’ to-do list, as well as the GOP budget resolution. Howard Lutnick’s nomination to be secretary of commerce is next in line for the Senate after the nomination of Kash Patel, the far more controversial pick to lead the FBI.

The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee voted Monday to recommend Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig to take over as ranking member of the Agriculture Committee in 2025, unseating the party’s current leader, David Scott.

In this opinion piece, Tim Trotter, CEO of Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, explains why producers should support USDA's reforms to federal milk marketing orders, even though the department didn't go far enough. 

Tim Walz leaned on values learned during his rural upbringing in Nebraska, his experience in Congress, and as governor of Minnesota to make the case that Kamala Harris should be president of the United States — and he should be the vice president.