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President Joe Biden intends to nominate Doug McKalip, a senior adviser to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, to be chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered sharp criticism Wednesday of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, promising to “reconfigure” the import taxes even as her department continues a review.

A broad coalition of countries is making a last-minute push to change World Trade Organization rules and allow governments to increase farm subsidies and accumulate massive stocks of grain that can be dumped into the global market.

Congress is back in session this week with a focus on the nation’s plague of mass shootings and the raging inflation facing consumers.

Heavy precipitation over portions of the Plains and Northwest have provided some relief from the ongoing drought.

A measure of global food commodity prices fell slightly for the second month in a row in May, despite the continued surge in wheat markets as the war in Ukraine dragged on.

The Philippines, citing the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on world grain supplies and prices, has reduced its tariff on corn imports from 35% down to 5% and that has opened new opportunities for U.S. corn farmers.

President Biden is putting new emphasis on addressing inflation as his poll numbers continue to slump.

The Biden administration is announcing a plan today to transform the U.S. food system by improving supply chains and addressing issues exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration is kicking off talks with Taiwan on an agreement to facilitate more trade between the countries without reducing tariffs, according to senior administration officials.