Daniel Enoch

Two days of Trans-Pacific Partnership talks between top negotiators for the U.S. and Japan failed to produce any progress on critical issues involving agriculture and automobiles, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said.

An intensifying drought in the central and southern Great Plains will limit the U.S. to its smallest wheat crop in eight years at the same time record corn and soybean crops are on the horizon, USDA says.

A group of 40 agricultural organizations, trade associations and companies are commending U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman for standing firm against what they say is India’s attempt to “hold the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) hostage” to gain concessions in World Trade Organization nego

The organization representing U.S. rice growers and millers is going on the offensive in its bid to maintain market share in exports to Mexico – by far, the biggest buyer of American rice -- after a dramatic decline over the past four years.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is criticizing the USDA for failing to release a critical audit on Brazil’s meat inspection system before the comment period closed on a department proposal to allow the importation of fresh and frozen beef from 14 Brazilian states.

The Food and Drug Administration is suggesting revisions to four rules that it proposed early last year for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) after receiving thousands of comments from agricultural stakeholders, processors and consumers.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced a determination of nonregulated status for Dow AgroSciences’ genetically modified Enlist corn and soybeans that are resistant to several herbicides, including one known as 2,4-D.

The House today approved a continuing resolution (CR) that keeps the government running beyond the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year along with an amendment that provides for arming and training the Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

With time running out, Congress will attempt this week to pass a continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the government running beyond the end of the fiscal year on September 30.