Ag Policy
U.S. farmers will see the first payments of a $12 billion subsidy program designed to shield them from a burgeoning trade war starting in September, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives moved to go to conference on the 2018 Farm Bill, naming 47 representatives to serve on the conference committee with the U.S. Senate.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., issued the following statement on efforts to advance antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings.
The pork organizations argued that there is no compelling need for the gag order, the District Court did not consider alternatives to the order, the order is overbroad and vague, and it won’t be effective.
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has prepared an initial assessment of the potential U.S. pork and beef industry losses that could result from Japan’s participation in these agreements.
Agricultural markets are caught in a whirlwind of trade disruptions.
The House Agriculture Committee held a roundtable discussion with Gregg Doud and Ted McKinney on the agricultural trade agenda.
August pork export volume was down 1% from last year at 182,372 mt, while export value fell 3% to $494.1 million.
EPA on Tuesday unveiled a new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) definition under the Clean Water Act designed to provide a clearer picture of what waters are and are not regulated by the federal government.
President Donald Trump signed H.R. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill, in a ceremony at USDA Thursday afternoon.
As the fifth hog nuisance lawsuit against Murphy Brown LLC, a subsidiary owned by Smithfield Foods, finished closing arguments this week, an appeals court in Virginia received an amicus brief for the first lawsuit.
USDA reports live hog prices in January and February averaged below $40 for the first time in over a decade, says Chris Hurt, Purdue University.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalizes rule to exempt livestock producers from reporting routine emissions to state and local authorities.
Will hemp lead to happier cows? It’s too early to say, says Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
The data was five years in the making. What will it tell us about farms, farming and farmers?
The U.S. is well positioned to help fill any additional need that China has for pork, said Joe Schuele, U.S. Meat Export Federation, “but we’d be in a lot better position if we weren’t facing a tariff that’s five times higher than everybody else.”
USDA just announced their Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program to help producers who sold pigs on the spot market in 2020. Paul Neiffer goes over the details.