Items Tagged with 'El Salvador'

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman, R-Ark., tells Agri-Pulse he’s ready to act swiftly if the Trump administration wants Congress to permanently move Food for Peace to the Agriculture Department.

The U.S. is on the cusp of finalizing trade pacts with four central and south American countries, the White House says, after both sides published joint statements on the forthcoming deals Thursday. 

USDA is awarding $50 million to farms, ranches, labor contractors and other entities to hire and retain farmworkers, including by encouraging the legal import of laborers from Central America.