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US, South Korea sign off on free trade agreement

09/24/18 5:46 PM By Bill Tomson

President Donald Trump and South Korea President Moon Jae-in today signed off on the renegotiated United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), putting an end to concerns from the U.S. farm sector about possibly losing the six-year old pact that has spurred American agricultural exports.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue interview with Agri-Pulse

Perdue: TPP could be the key to confronting China

09/19/18 6:49 AM By Bill Tomson

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has an alternate plan to end the U.S. trade war with China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership is key to its success, the cabinet member and former Georgia governor told Agri-Pulse in an interview.

USDA proposal to move NIFA out of DC generates opposition

09/19/18 6:41 AM By Steve Davies

Opposition to moving the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., continues to mount, with the National Farmers Union the latest to voice concern about USDA's proposal.

USDA releases methodology behind trade aid numbers

09/13/18 1:20 PM By Steve Davies and Bill Tomson

Curious about how USDA came up with the payment rates for farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs resulting from the administration’s trade policies? The department today released the methodology it used to set those levels for the trade mitigation package it announced Sept. 4.

Will USDA forge ahead with proposed changes to ERS and NIFA?

09/12/18 6:44 AM By Sara Wyant

When Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue proposed moving both the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) out of the D.C. metro area last month, quite a few folks within the economic and research communities voiced their opposition. But now, USDA's Chief Economist is offering more insight on the rationale behind the idea - at least for ERS.

Farm Hands on the Potomac - House aide Pam Miller moves to Food and Nutrition Service

09/12/18 6:00 AM By Daniel Enoch

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue named House staffer Pam Miller the senior associate administrator for policy at USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service.

Perdue calls for help toward a better guest-worker program

09/10/18 2:44 PM By Ed Maixner

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue pleads for support for a not very popular House guest-worker bill while the Trump administration ponders its own executive fixes to current H-2A farmworker program.

Sonny Perdue and Luis Miguel Etchevehere

Argentina offers to lift ban on US beef

09/07/18 3:51 PM By Bill Tomson

Argentina, in yet another show of good will towards the U.S., has offered to lift its longstanding ban on U.S. beef as negotiators for the two countries look for ways to bring down another trade barrier. Argentina’s ambassador to the U.S. visited USDA this week to discuss the process for lifting the ban, Argentine government officials told Agri-Pulse.

Perdue: US unwavering in demand for changes to Canadian dairy policy

09/05/18 2:50 PM By Bill Tomson

The Trump administration remains adamant that Canada shut down its Class 7 milk pricing program as part of an overall deal to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue told reporters today.

New USDA webpage devoted to e-Connectivity

09/05/18 5:55 AM By Daniel Enoch

USDA has unveiled a new webpage featuring information about the importance of rural e-Connectivity and the ways the department is investing to help deploy high-speed broadband infrastructure in rural America.

Open Mic: Duane Highley, CEO, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

This week’s Open Mic guest is Duane Highley, CEO of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. This western cooperative is embracing the growing need for electric power among its one million customers and 200,000 square miles of challenging terrain with an “all of the above” approach to power generation. Highley says the cooperative is utilizing advanced battery technology to add wind and solar generation to the base load capacity of the system. At the state and federal level, Highley says rural cooperatives need faster permitting, less regulatory red tape, and better access to funds to assist in generating and delivering power to rural America.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Dec. 13, 2024: Sen. Boozman on farm bill, RFK, Rollins

Republicans will take control of the Senate in January, making John Boozman chairman of the Senate Ag Committee. We asked him about his plans for the committee, including collaborating with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who's in line to be the ranking member, and how Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees may influence agriculture.

Then, Laura Wood from LWP Consulting and Invariant’s Danielle Beck discuss the contentious House Ag Committee ranking member race and the future of the farm bill in a new Congress.

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