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WASHINGTON, June 5, 2017 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today said he made it clear to Canada that the Trump administration wants the country to drop key trade barriers to U.S. dairy and wheat.

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2017 - Women involved in the agriculture sector from across the country descended on the nation’s capital this week for the American Agri-Women’s annual Legislative Fly-In.

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2017 - With Congress returning from a week-long recess, lawmakers this week will push back on President Trump’s proposals to gut international food aid programs.

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he's anxious to move quickly on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, stressing that his goal is to “do no harm” to exports of U.S. farm commodities and other goods to Mexico and Canada.

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - The Food and Drug Administration has a tough job ahead of it, convince the public that biotech crops are safe...

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - There’s a growing concern among some U.S. lawmakers and food manufacturers that they’ll see the price of sugar – and the food it’s made with – go up if the sugar refining industry gets what it is demanding from Mexico.

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - USDA is moving decisively but cautiously to fulfill President Trump’s challenging directive to eliminate two regulations for every new one it issues.

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - Farmers who don’t have access to conventional crop insurance are showing increasing interest in the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), which was expanded by the 2014 farm bill.

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 30, 2017 – When Terry Branstad, the new U.S. ambassador to China, gets settled into his Beijing headquarters, the former Iowa governor is going to see some familiar faces.