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China’s trade olive branches: Goodwill gesture or self-serving failsafe?

09/18/19 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

China’s latest promise to reduce tariffs on U.S. soybeans and pork is being lauded as an olive branch ahead of new trade talks early next month, but China also needs more of the commodities to feed its people, according to industry and government analysts.

Ag sector braces for another year of Chinese tariffs

08/07/19 6:35 AM By Bill Tomson

The trade war with China has gone on longer than most expected, so it was a jolt to the collective system when President Donald Trump said twice in the past two weeks that it might rage on for another year or longer.

Opinion: To keep America first in agriculture, FDA must return to the table on gene editing

07/17/19 1:55 PM By David Herring and Zippy Duvall

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to calls from our community to reconsider its role in regulating gene editing technology in animal agriculture. Despite the Trump administration’s recent directive to streamline costly and overly burdensome regulations that inhibit innovation and investment, FDA maintains it is unwilling to cede any regulatory control of this important technology.

GIPSA reboot coming this fall

07/10/19 6:35 AM By Ben Nuelle

The Agriculture Department is taking another shot at rewriting regulations restricting how meat and poultry processors can treat producers, and familiar battle lines are being redrawn ahead of an anticipated release.

NPPC launches new campaign on regulating gene edited livestock

06/26/19 6:20 AM By Ben Nuelle

A newly-launched campaign aims to promote USDA regulation of livestock gene editing when breeding animals for food.

Opinion: FDA overreach on gene-editing threatens US agriculture’s global technology lead

06/24/19 9:38 AM By David Herring

For more than a century, advances in science and technology have made the U.S. food supply the safest, most abundant and most affordable in the world. Our farmers have led the way in applying new developments in sanitation, robotics, GPS and scientific livestock breeding.

‘Other White Meat’ trademark case coming down to the details

05/09/19 2:40 PM By Spencer Chase

Court arguments today on the sale of the “Pork: The Other White Meat” trademark centered less around the merits of the sale and more around the technicalities of how the situation should proceed.

US pork fears losing Mexican market to Mexico

05/08/19 6:26 AM By Bill Tomson

It’s not competing pork producers in Europe or Canada who are the biggest threat to the U.S. share of Mexico’s demand. It’s producers already in or moving to Mexico.

NPPC cancels World Pork Expo over ASF concerns

04/10/19 9:08 AM By Spencer Chase

The National Pork Producers Council has cancelled its signature summer event out of an “abundance of caution” as African Swine Fever continues to rip through the global pork herd.

Farm bill hopes to tackle unwelcome guests: Feral swine

04/10/19 6:20 AM By Ben Nuelle

Producers in the Southern U.S. hope a new 2018 farm bill pilot program will help reduce feral swine populations, which cause an estimated $1.5 billion in damage every year in over 30 states.

Washington Week in Review: Sept. 19, 2019: CR, CCC, Appropriations

Congress is working to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, and farm policy is playing a key role in the discussions. Agri-Pulse's Phil Brasher and Spencer Chase have more on a funding debate that involved accusations of everything from partisanship to racism.