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EPA seeking input on ‘potential reductions’ in RFS volumes

09/27/17 7:31 AM By Spencer Chase

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 – A notice from the Environmental Protection Agency has the biofuels community up in arms as they face the prospect of a potential hit to renewable fuel blending levels.

US peanut farmers look to China as a new long-term growth market

09/27/17 7:25 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - China is finally buying U.S. peanuts on a seriously high level and farmers and farm groups here are doing their best to make sure it stays that way.

Livestock haulers push back on DOT’s ‘Hours of Service’ rule

09/27/17 7:20 AM By Eric Englert

WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017—Livestock haulers have lost discretionary control over their livelihoods and risk endangering the lives of the animals they transport because of a one-size-fits-all Department of Transportation Hours of Service (HOS) rule and the Electronic Logging Device that aggressively monitors it, industry experts and agricultural groups say.

Syngenta settles corn growers' lawsuits

09/26/17 7:34 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - As many as 350,000 corn growers nationwide are likely to get a payment as the result of a settlement of lawsuits alleging Syngenta’s premature commercialization of a genetically engineered trait caused China to reject U.S. corn imports in 2013.

Bacon price up sharply in latest AFBF marketbasket survey

09/25/17 6:13 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2017 - Bacon led the pack in price increases for some commonly purchased food items included in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Fall Harvest Marketbasket Survey.

Washington Week Ahead: GOP set to roll out tax reform proposals

09/24/17 12:00 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2017 - Congressional Republicans will join the White House in rolling out a set of tax reform proposals this week that could have implications for farmers, depending on the mix of tax rates and deductions.

ITC solar panel decision ‘disappoints’ domestic industry groups

09/22/17 2:56 PM By Sandra Cowherd

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2017 -- The United States International Trade Commission has determined that imports of solar cells and modules have hurt the American solar business.

Arkansas plant board recommends April 15 cutoff for dicamba use

09/21/17 8:15 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2017 - The Arkansas State Plant Board has recommended that growers not be allowed to apply dicamba products from April 16 through Oct. 31 next year, effectively ruling out in-crop use of the herbicide. (Photo of plant board meeting courtesy of University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture)

Corn, soy, wheat groups applaud bill to boost funding for ag export programs

09/20/17 5:21 PM By Daniel Enoch

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 – Organizations representing producers of U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat offered strong support for legislation introduced in the Senate today that would double funding for two federal cost-share programs designed to spur overseas demand for the nation’s three biggest crops and other agricultural products.

Roberts: Not the time for a revolutionary farm bill

09/20/17 8:00 AM By Sara Wyant

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - Farmers and ranchers would like to see a new farm bill “sooner rather than later,” says Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, but he is still in the process of listening to members and various interest groups, while waiting for final budget numbers.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Greg Tyler, President & CEO, USA Poultry and Egg Export Council

This week’s Open Mic guest is Greg Tyler, President and CEO of the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council. Tyler spoke with us while he was visiting Asian customers and dealing firsthand with issues like avian influenza, potential tariffs from the coming Trump administration, as well as a weak global economy and a strong U.S. dollar. Tyler says new trade negotiations and trade enforcement will be critical to grow market access in the presence of HPAI.

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