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State agriculture departments and a broad cross-section of the hemp industry are telling USDA its rule governing domestic production will hurt the nascent industry by imposing sampling and testing requirements that are virtually impossible to meet.

The Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is beginning to use a new tool this week to help staff implement conservation programs more smoothly.

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement will take two major steps this week when President Donald Trump signs the U.S. implementing bill into law and Canada starts work on its companion legislation.

Agri-Pulse, the nation’s leader in farm policy coverage, will investigate several different aspects of the dairy industry as part of a new podcast series: Deep Dive.

A just-announced Bureau of Land Management effort to revise grazing regulations is already sparking sharp disagreements between ranching supporters, who welcome it as common-sense reform, and opponents, who say BLM is favoring the needs of cattle over the environment.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is defending the work of USDA statisticians in their work to estimate the size of 2019 crops.

Check out the first episode of Agri-Pulse Deep Dive on Dairy, a 30-minute podcast offering a comprehensive look at a wide range of issues facing the dairy industry.

President Donald Trump on Sunday declared that the “best days for America’s farmers and ranchers are yet to come” following his new trade deals, and he repeatedly thanked producers for standing behind him amid the tariff war with China.

The Department of Agriculture is asking for input from biofuel stakeholders on a new incentives program to buildout domestic ethanol and biodiesel infrastructure at retail gas stations.