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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 17, 2025
Congressional negotiators are struggling to close a deal that could increase border security funding while funding USDA, FDA and other agencies important to agriculture for the rest of fiscal 2019 and provide disaster aid for farmers hit by the 2018 hurricanes.
President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday he doesn’t expect to be able to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the trade war between the two countries escalates at the beginning of March.
Southern U.S. tomato farmers scored a victory today with a long sought-after decision by the Commerce Department to reopen an anti-dumping investigation into Mexican tomato shipments.
President Donald Trump appealed to Congress and the nation Tuesday for unity and bipartisanship, citing the 2018 farm bill as an example of what can be achieved, while pressing his case for new trade agreements and better border security.
Despite the 35-day shutdown that all but halted work on the new farm bill, USDA is close to finishing work on a timeline for implementing its revisions to programs.
Tumultuous U.S. talks with Mexico and Canada to rewrite a 24-year-old North American trade pact ended more than two months ago, but now President Donald Trump faces what could be an even more daunting task: negotiating with Congress.
President Donald Trump makes his case to the nation this week for his trade and immigration policies, while Senate Republicans look to advance Anthony Wheeler’s nomination to be administrator of the EPA.
China pledged to immediately begin ramping up U.S. soybean purchases by buying at least 5 million tons, Vice Premier Liu He announced today in the White House after two days of negotiations.
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