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Six questions for a Sacramento County legislator

10/16/19 12:22 AM By Brad Hooker

Assemblymember Jim Cooper discussed the USMCA, funding research to halt a devastating wine grape disease and his frustrations with low engagement from ag.

Daybreak: Board 'ignored' grower concerns on lighting regs

10/15/19 10:31 PM By Brad Hooker

ARB takes research pitches * Pelosi not quite there on USMCA

Washington Week Ahead: Impeachment hangs over Congress’ to-do list

10/13/19 2:40 PM

Congress returns from a two-week break with the deepening impeachment battle clouding prospects for budget and tax issues important to U.S. .agriculture, and there is continued uncertainty about when lawmakers will take up the U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade agreement.

Opinion: Farm communities need USMCA

10/11/19 10:00 AM By Senator Chuck Grassley

Farming is about community. It always has been. From the earliest known farming communities in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the modern farms punctuating the landscape of Rural America, people have worked together for centuries to cultivate the crops that feed the world.

USMCA talks pick up speed as Dems see ratification soon

09/27/19 1:57 PM By Bill Tomson

House Democrats and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to resolve some of the remaining obstacles to passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Daybreak West: 1,3-D emissions rise in valley

09/26/19 11:05 PM By Brad Hooker

A new water fight opens up * Could impeachment speed up USMCA?

USMCA faces threats from all sides

09/25/19 6:35 AM By Bill Tomson

House Democrats are still far from ready to ratify President Donald Trump’s new version of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but their demands represent just one of the threats to implementation of the updated trade pact that would keep most agricultural tariffs at zero.

Daybreak West: H-2A overhaul gets mixed review

09/24/19 9:38 PM By Brad Hooker

GMO lawsuit advances * California has a swamp rat in Congress

Past and present USDA chiefs push Congress to pass USMCA

09/19/19 4:30 PM By Bill Tomson

Former USDA chiefs and current Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue are uniting to put more pressure on Congress to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

House Dems to volley USMCA proposals back at USTR

09/12/19 3:40 PM By Bill Tomson

House Democrats are poring over a letter from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on proposed fixes for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said Thursday he’s preparing a response to send back Thursday or Friday.

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Live

Agri-Pulse Industry Discussion on USMCA

10/31/19

House Ag Committee Hearing Room 1300

1301 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC

United States

Contact: Jason Lutz

Join industry leaders from major commodity groups to discuss the impact of the USMCA on their specific industries and agriculture and rural America in general. This is a free event! Read More

Congressman Rodney Davis, R-Ill

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Congressman Rodney Davis. The fourth term Republican reports tariffs and renewable fuel are the top two concerns among his constituents in the thirteenth district. Davis supports President Trump’s efforts to open markets and level the playing field for U.S. farmers and ranchers, but hopes for a quick conclusion in the trade war. Davis is outspoken in his call to bring the USMCA trade agreement to the House floor and says his proposed legislation on implementing the Renewable Fuels Standard and granting small refinery exemptions will work hand in hand with recent objectives announced by the White House.

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Opinions

Opinion: How US foreign aid boosts the economy back home

Peter McPherson, President, Association of Public Land-Grant Universities, talks how foreign aid to low-income countries not only gives their economy a boost but gives the United States' economy a boost as well.