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Washington Week Ahead: USMCA, budget deadline loom as Congress returns

09/08/19 10:00 AM

Lawmakers return from their extended summer recess facing pressure from farm groups to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement and staring at an Oct. 1 deadline to pass a stopgap spending bill and avoid another government shutdown.

US-China talks to resume in October

09/05/19 11:32 AM By Bill Tomson

Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators will meet in Washington next month to pick up on talks to try to end the trade war that is weighing heavily on U.S. farmers and manufacturers, according to Xinhua News, a Chinese government-run media outlet.

Candidates back diet changes, electric vehicles to fix climate

09/04/19 11:24 PM By Philip Brasher

During an historic, televised town hall on the climate issue, the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls agreed broadly on imposing taxes or caps on carbon emissions and shifting to electric vehicles, and some candidates said Americans should be encouraged to reduce meat consumption.

Average farm organization CEO pay topping $500K

09/04/19 6:30 AM By Spencer Chase, Sara Wyant, and Chloé Fowler

A lingering downturn in farm profits is starting to show up on the balance sheets of ag organizations, but drops in salaries for the leaders of those groups are exceedingly rare.

Dem candidates take aim at Trump’s China trade war

09/04/19 6:27 AM By Bill Tomson

Democratic presidential hopefuls are raising alarms and lashing out at President Donald Trump’s handling of the dispute that’s expected to escalate even further next month.

Japan trade deal still taking shape

09/04/19 6:20 AM By Bill Tomson

White House officials are telling the U.S. ag sector that they are going to win big in the miniature trade pact announced on Aug. 25 after Presidents Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe met on the sidelines of the annual G7 summit, but details are either not being divulged or haven’t yet been nailed down, government and industry sources tell Agri-Pulse.

Iowa voters tell Trump to keep his 'promise' on RFS

09/04/19 6:15 AM By Steve Davies

Iowa voters are signaling strong support for expanding the Renewable Fuel Standard, according to a recent survey commissioned by the Iowa Biodiesel Board that also carries a message for President Donald Trump.

Perdue: Trump set to make SRE announcement

08/28/19 12:16 PM By Spencer Chase

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says President Donald Trump will make an announcement on changes to how the government issues biofuel mandate waivers to small refineries.

Interstate transport of hemp at issue in appeals court case

08/27/19 3:57 PM By Steve Davies

The hemp industry is closely watching a court case being argued Wednesday that spotlights the issue of interstate transportation of the highly touted commodity.

Trump: US-China trade talks will resume

08/26/19 2:06 PM By Bill Tomson

The U.S. and China are set to begin trade talks again after a tumultuous week of tension-escalating threats of new tariffs and tariff-rate increases that roiled international markets and alarmed the U.S. ag sector.

Open Mic: Claire Babineaux Fontenot

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America. Farmers continue to help feed the hungry, but the number of Americans who are hungry and food insecure is greater today than during the Covid pandemic. Babineaux-Fontenot says the food lines may have moved back inside the buildings, but the need for food continues to grow as contributions are down and federal commodity donations have decreased. Babineaux-Fontenot says federal nutrition programs should be amended to avoid food “cliffs” and help individuals transition away from assistance programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Nov. 22, 2024: Sen. Jerry Moran on disaster aid, farm bill

The race is on to pass a farm bill extension before the end of the year after Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow released her farm bill text this week and it was rejected by Republicans. We asked Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., about the future of the farm bill and prospects for a package of market loss relief and disaster aid in December.

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