Articles by Oliver Ward

USDA releases its latest forecast for farm income today, even as lawmakers discuss a possible package of assistance for producers.

Figures from across the agriculture industry have responded to President-elect Trump’s pick for U.S. trade representative, Jamieson Greer, by pushing him to pursue new market access opportunities for American farmers.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will serve a second term as director-general of the World Trade Organization beginning next year. The Biden administration had expressed concern over the expedited election process.

President-elect Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement, if implemented, could raise farm input costs and dent U.S. agriculture exports, but analysts say he could cut deals to prevent some of the tariffs from materializing.  

President Donald Trump’s tax and tariff plans could face obstacles next year as some Ways and Means Republicans are wary of his approach. 

The Biden administration should press Colombia to prevent a probe into U.S. corn subsidies, a bipartisan group of lawmakers say. 

The Agriculture Department has suspended cattle imports from Mexico after a confirmed case of New World screwworm in the southern state of Chiapas.

Jamieson Greer, an Air Force veteran and international trade lawyer, has been selected to serve as U.S. trade representative, the Trump transition said on Tuesday.

The Agriculture Department projects that the U.S. agricultural trade deficit will widen this fiscal year to $45.5 billion, an increase on the previous estimate as imports grow faster than expected.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he will sign a series of executive orders on his first day in office to impose new duties on imports from Canada, Mexico and China over what he characterized as their inaction on border security and fentanyl smuggling.