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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Linder tapped to serve at NCGA

06/19/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

NCGA elects its first vice president, NSAC tapped a new director, Phipps has been named the new deputy chief of the USDA Forest Service’s State and Private Forestry programs.

Shutdown squeezes overseas ag promotion

01/16/19 6:36 AM By Bill Tomson

It’s been months since any funds have been available for government programs that help American farmers sell their commodities overseas.

CPTPP adds time pressure for US-Japan pact

11/07/18 6:35 AM By Bill Tomson

Unless the U.S. and Japan move quickly in promised trade talks, American wheat farmers stand to take significant hits in exports thanks to the swiftly approaching start of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

US ag exporters already feeling the pain of China trade war

07/06/18 4:43 PM By Bill Tomson

Chinese importers have already stopped buying U.S. wheat, soybean purchases are expected to drop even further, and the U.S. ag sector is expecting the financial pain to increase exponentially as long as the Trump administration persists in a trade war with China.

Farm Hands on the Potomac…for March 22, 2017

03/22/17 10:01 AM By Agri-Pulse staff

WASHINGTON, Mar. 22, 2017 - Scott Graves, the former Republican staff director of the House Agriculture Committee who recently joined the law and lobbying firm, Williams & Jensen, has been named executive director of the American Association of Crop Insurers.

Advocates plan farm bill push for export promotion funding

03/14/17 8:00 AM By Spencer Chase

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15, 2017 - Even amid an uncertain trade environment, farm groups will look to the upcoming farm bill to secure more funding to promote U.S. agricultural products to foreign buyers.

US wheat makes gains in Egypt while cheap Russian grain prevails

02/06/17 5:05 PM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - When it comes to cheap wheat, U.S. exporters just can’t compete with the Russians. It’s why U.S. exports to Egypt – the world’s largest wheat-importing country – are dropping sharply.

U.S. Dairy Export Council President and CEO Tom Vilsack

This week’s guest on Open Mic is the President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. While dairy policy improvements in the 2018 farm bill have helped the financial plight of many milk producers, Vilsack says it’s the global trade front that presents the best opportunity for improvement to the bottom line. Vilsack hopes for a positive conclusion to a trade deal with Japan and says the Chinese market holds tremendous opportunity for U.S. dairy. Vilsack highlights global paradigms that could lead to greater demand for U.S. dairy products from both health conscious consumers and for feed for growing livestock herds.

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09.13.2019

Washington Week in Review: Sept. 13, 2019

House Democrats and the Trump Administration are ramping up negotiations on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement as Congress returns from recess. More on that and an update on U.S.-China trade talks and USDA's disaster aid efforts in this week’s Washington Week in Review with Ben Nuelle and Bill Tomson.