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Elaine Trevino has withdrawn from the nomination process to be the next chief agricultural trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, sending the USTR back to square one in its efforts to represent America’s farmers on the international stage.

The House Agriculture Committee's ongoing hearings on the farm bill turn today to what USDA can do to address climate change.

Global corn and wheat supplies are going to get tighter this year as the invasion of Ukraine threatens to all but halt the country’s ability to plant and harvest corn and wheat in the coming months.

The annual gathering of some of the most recognizable commodity groups in ag policy was perhaps as notable for what it didn’t include as what it did.

The Biden administration’s proposed Indo Pacific Economic Framework, an effort to strengthen economic ties and improve trading conditions with countries like India, the Philippines and Vietnam, got some praise during a Tuesday Senate hearing, but much of the time was spent discussing what it would not accomplish - new market access for U.S. ag.

Russia has taken steps to keep grain from leaving the country as the war in Ukraine drags on.

The Russian government is suspending the export of wheat, rye, barley and corn to ex-Soviet countries.

Amid growing concerns about the impact of the war in Ukraine, the G7 ag ministers have joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in urging countries not to protect their own food supplies by restricting exports.

American Soybean Association delegates representing states throughout the U.S. voted Saturday to ratify a proposal supporting the U.S. negotiation of a free trade agreement with India and other countries in South Asia to take advantage of rising demand there.

The USDA is planning on four more in-person trade missions around the globe this year, including to the UK and Kenya, nations that the Trump administration opened up negotiations with for free trade agreements.