Articles Tagged with ''Farm Bureau''

Signup arrives for COVID-19 payments * USDA pressed for farmworker protections

The agency is protecting outdoor workers by requiring employers supply N95 respirators when the air quality index hits an unhealthy level due to wildfire smoke.

The American Farm Bureau Federation delivers the Trump administration a detailed list of requests to swiftly use its authority under the $2 trillion economic stimulus package to rescue “all sectors of agriculture” from the twin blows of plunging commodity prices and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The White House is out with a new plan for addressing drug addiction in rural areas, and farm group leaders are hopeful the news will lead to a better approach to dealing with issues like the opioid crisis. 

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is promising farmers that his department will play a key role in enforcing China's pledges to purchase $80 billion in U.S. agricultural commodities over the next two years. 

President Donald Trump will keynote the American Farm Bureau’s annual convention Sunday in Austin, Texas, on the heels of the signing of a partial trade agreement with China, Agri-Pulse has learned.

It remains unclear if recent Chinese moves will translate into major gains for the biotech and farming sectors there and in the U.S.

Colby Pereira discussed the recent romaine outbreak traced back to the region and water quality and quantity challenges.

Could farmers be forced to get pollution permits? * AFBF concerns an issue for ag labor bill