Ag Policy
China is considering canceling a planned Washington trip this week by the country’s top trade negotiator, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Trade talks with China are set to kick back up next week in Washington, D.C. and Farm Journal Washington Correspondent Jim Wiesemeyer thinks there’s a 98% the U.S. will see a trade deal soon.
President Donald Trump plans to to implement the previously delayed tariff increases on Chinese goods on Friday, raising tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of goods.
A bill has recently been signed into law in Oklahoma that will prohibit deceptive or misleading labeling of meat products, and in essence prevents cell cultured or plant based products from using meat terms.
Missouri senators are advancing legislation to block local officials from regulating industrial farms more strictly than the state does.
Measures advancing in the Missouri Legislature would limit the scope of rules that local governments can slap on large animal feeding operations.
John Phipps has a fundamental issue with the ag census -- it takes far too long. John breaks down his issue with it during John’s World.
It is extremely important for rapid progress to be made in these negotiations if U.S. beef and pork are to remain competitive in the largest value destination for U.S. red meat, says Dan Halstrom, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) president and CEO.
After accepting payments for approving USDA loans for cash payments, a former Farm Service Agency loan officer will spend two years in federal prison.
Partisan views once considered too crazy to be seriously debated now occupy the mainstream in public discourse — especially mistaken ideas about who benefits from government programs.
The 2017 Census of Agriculture found a 3% decline in the total number of farms in the U.S., and that since the 1997 Ag Census the decline has been 7.8%.
Despite other countries’ trade agreements with Japan, the U.S. is successfully promoting U.S. beef and pork to Asian marketers through new dishes and fresh ideas.
As numbers continue to roll out, and the impacts of ASF are fully realized, it could be a bullish demand story for all proteins as the industry could face a protein shortage this year.
The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act of 2019 has the support of presidential candidates and could reshape how agricultural checkoffs operate, something animal rights groups see as a win.
January exports of U.S. beef and pork were slightly below last year’s volume levels while export value posted mixed results, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
2018 was a record-breaking year for U.S. exports to the Philippines, with pork exports up 23% in volume and beef exports up 39%.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed legislation that requires “fake meat” products to be correctly labeled, hoping to reduce the impact of lab-cultured products on the local meat market.
The Iowa Legislature has sent to the governor a bill designed to prosecute people who get hired at a livestock farm in order to record animal living conditions.
With investors still worried about the fallout from the trade war, China will this week announce industrial production and retail sales for February.
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Is a focus on China costing U.S. farmers market share in Japan?
President Donald Trump plans to meet with China’s top trade negotiator Friday afternoon as the U.S. tries to forge a preliminary deal with its biggest economic rival.
President Donald Trump says he will extend a deadline to escalate tariffs on Chinese imports, citing “substantial progress” in weekend talks between the two countries.
This week, USDA released a list of FSA program deadline extensions.
No funding for border wall, but lawmakers will discuss border security in weeks ahead
All USDA county Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices reopened today amid the partial government shutdown now in its fifth week.
Several USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) county-level employees who work in multiple states told AgWeb.com on Monday night that they are reporting back to work this Thursday, Jan. 24.
Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will reopen amid the partial government shutdown to provide loan and payment assistance for farmers and ranchers according to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership took effect Dec. 30, making Vietnam a promising but highly competitive market for U.S. beef and pork.
President Trump brought his fight to build a border wall to the 100th Annual Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) annual meeting in New Orleans, La. on Monday.