Items Tagged with 'USA Rice'

A group of 17 House members wrote to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Monday to call on the administration to mount a trade probe into unfair trade practices in international rice markets.

U.S. rice farmers, typically eclipsed by top domestic crops like corn, are getting face time with President Donald Trump. Now the question is whether that will help lead to the universal, uniform tariffs the industry seeks.  

As the U.S. careens towards a new trade pact with China, ag groups warn that Beijing never followed through with many of its ag policy commitments under a 2020 deal. Groups are split, however, on how to proceed.

Agricultural Research Service labs and offices are being told to prepare for a funding shortfall at the end of the fiscal year that amounts to about 10% of the agency’s annual budget, ARS employees are telling Agri-Pulse. A USDA spokesperson, however, said the Department does not anticipate any funding shortfalls to occur. 

CropLife America hired Annemarie Pender as senior director of strategic communications. Landus president and CEO Matt Carstens abruptly stepped down on Friday, April 4.

Combest, Sell & Associates hired Sydney Lundberg as a staff economist based in Washington D.C. National Pork Board CEO Bill Even will leave his position on May 1 after nine years leading the organization. John Hendrix was promoted to legislative assistant on the House Agriculture Committee majority staff. 

The U.S. rice sector is exploring avenues to secure tariff protection from imported products after a report last month found extensive industry support from foreign governments is distorting the global market.

Farmers who grow the crops being hammered the hardest by commodity market declines are hitting Capitol Hill this week, accompanied by ag bankers and Farm Credit lenders, to make a last-ditch push for a new farm bill.