Articles by Oliver Ward

U.S. negotiators should push for a catch-up clause in the forthcoming U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement review to make up for what they see as Ottawa’s mismanagement of tariff-rate quotas, according to a dairy industry representative.

The House is on track to debate the GOP’s massive budget blueprint next week. The House Rules Committee is scheduled Monday to prepare the budget resolution for floor action, although it’s not yet clear that Republicans have nailed down the votes.

CDFA hit by cyberattack * Another organic ag bill * Beekeeping losses * CEO’s warning on fertilizer tariffs

Senate Republicans are moving ahead with their skinny budget plan, even though President Donald Trump has come out forcefully for the massive, alternative plan favored by the House GOP.

Economic impact of wolves * Senate GOP sticks with one-bill plan * Ag trade cooperation needed, soy says

The EU outlined its vision for agriculture on Wednesday, which included a new effort to restrict agricultural imports of products that do not align with domestic rules on pesticide use and animal welfare.

USDA is scrambling to rehire some employees who were terminated even though their work is related to combatting avian flu.

Budget hearings get underway * USDA mistakenly fired some HPAI workers * Jones exit at FDA draws concerns

The U.S. and India have announced officials will begin work on a trade deal that will reduce tariffs and other trade barriers for goods and services, as well as expand agricultural trade.

In an effort to save the Food for Peace program amid the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, farm-state Republicans have proposed to move the program to the Agriculture Department. But aid experts and USAID veterans say it would take USDA years to build the expertise it needs.