Articles by Oliver Ward

Senators defend Reclamation staff * Western Growers defends FDA * NLRB head reinstated * Spending deadline coming Friday

President Donald Trump, on the heels of exempting a slate of Canadian goods from new 25% duties, now says he could levy tariffs against Canadian dairy and lumber imports in the coming days.

President Donald Trump has kicked the Mexico and Canada tariff can further down the road for potash and other imports following a pressure campaign from prominent ag figures.

New glyphosate bill * Reining in AI for employers * Farm groups like tariff pause

President Donald Trump postponed tariffs for products arriving from Mexico and Canada that are covered by a North American trade pact by a month, while lowering the duty to be applied to potash imports.

USDA probationary employees who were abruptly fired from their jobs last month have gotten a temporary reprieve. The chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board ordered that they be reinstated in their jobs for 45 days while the case against the department is stayed.

Boosting prescribed grazing * Ag climate group presses lawmakers * Fired USDA employees get reprieve

Donald Trump is doubling down on his prediction that farmers are going to sell a lot more of their crops domestically because of his trade wars. Trump imposed higher tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico on Tuesday. And in his speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress, Trump reiterated his plan to impose reciprocal tariffs starting April 2.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday that the president is willing to consider additional tariff exclusions, after announcing a temporary carve-out for automobiles from Canada and Mexico.

The Supreme Court has declined to block a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to pay $2 billion in foreign assistance that had been held up by a funding freeze.