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Ag groups to Trump: Don’t shut down trade with Mexico

04/01/19 5:07 PM By Bill Tomson

Mexico is irreplaceable as a foreign market that buys billions of dollars of milk, ham, rice, potatoes and corn, so farm groups are alarmed by President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to shut down the southern border.

USDA closing FSA offices as budget impasse continues

12/28/18 2:00 PM By Philip Brasher

The Agriculture Department is closing county Farm Service Agency offices after Friday and will suspend publication of some new reports and take others offline with the partial government shutdown set to drag into the new year.

History suggests moving USDA food programs unlikely

06/13/18 6:25 AM By Jim Webster

If the Trump administration goes ahead with a reported plan to move USDA food assistance programs to a renamed welfare department, it will run counter to the advice of one of the wisest Republican officials to serve agriculture in Washington

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Trump task force to produce ‘serious plan’ to help rural America, Perdue says

06/15/17 2:00 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 – Members of President Trump’s Cabinet and senior officials from the White House and throughout the federal government today pledged to forge agreement on ways to boost the farm economy and address economic and social challenges across rural America.

Washington Week Ahead: Perdue takes charge at USDA, farmers await budget deal

04/23/17 1:00 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2017 - Sonny Perdue finally takes the reins of the Agriculture Department this week, and farm groups will get a meeting with President Trump to talk about their concerns.

Is Trump willing to ‘deal’ on proposed energy cuts?

03/19/17 11:20 AM

WASHINGTON, Mar. 22, 2017 - President Donald Trump explained in his 1987 book The Art of the Deal that “my style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.

Trump’s ‘America First’ budget calls for big cuts at USDA

03/16/17 10:11 AM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2017 - President Trump is proposing to slash the Agriculture Department’s field staff and also make deep reductions in research, rural development and international food aid.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak for March 16, 2017

03/16/17 8:10 AM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Mar. 16, 2017 - President Trump is releasing budget proposals this morning that will call for deep spending cuts across the federal government, including at USDA, EPA and other agencies. Trump’s targets at USDA will include the nation's flagship international food aid program, Food for Peace.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak for Feb. 15, 2017

02/15/17 8:25 AM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - President Trump’s advisers are getting an earful about the potential impact of his trade policy on the U.S. farm economy.

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D.

This week’s guest on Open Mic is U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. The former South Dakota governor is well aware of the challenges 2019 has presented growers in his state including too much rain, lost markets, and ethanol demand destruction from the EPA’s implementation of the RFS. Rounds offers praise for the farm bill’s risk management tools and trade assistance from the White House and shares concern for a lack of conclusion to the USMCA trade deal. Rounds offers insight into his legislation on meat labeling laws and other challenges coming within the food industry.

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Opinion: Conservation makes economic sense for dairy farmers, even in a weak agricultural economy

U.S. dairy farmers are finally experiencing some price relief after four years of an economic downturn in which many farmers struggled to break even. But ongoing economic pressures will require farmers to leave no stone unturned as they seek to become more resilient.

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