United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Meghan Cline (Roberts): 202-224-2035 Jess McCarron (Stabenow): 202-224-1437 WASHINGTON, D.C. – One large step closer to delivering on promised certainty, U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today … Continued
By: Bloomberg News with assistance by Shuping Niu Bilateral tariffs may reduce the value of U.S. farm exports to China by about 40 percent, according to a report published by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, a government think tank. U.S. … Continued
House Committee on Agriculture Today the House passed the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2), critical legislation to address the economic challenges facing the nation’s farmers and ranchers, while making significant investments in opportunities for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program … Continued
By Bill Tomson, Agri-Pulse President Donald Trump today announced the U.S. will hit China with $50 billion worth of tariffs on more than 1,000 Chinese products, taking the U.S. closer to a trade war with the Asian nation, which has … Continued
By Ben Conner, U.S. Wheat Associates Tomorrow, June 15, 2018, marks the next step in the accelerating U.S.-China trade dispute as the Trump Administration plans to reveal its final tariff list on up to $50 billion in Chinese exports. China … Continued
By Stephanie Bryant-Erdmann, U.S. Wheat Associates In its June World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) noted that global wheat consumption is expected to exceed global wheat production for the first time since 2012/13 … Continued
By Philip Brasher, Agri-Pulse The Senate Agriculture Committee approved its farm bill on a near-unanimous vote, 20-1, sending the bill to the Senate floor for a debate by the end of the month. Read more at agri-pulse.com.
By: Paul Schattenberg, AgriLife Today Contacts: Erin Kimbrough, 979-847-6185, Erin.Kimbrough@ag.tamu.edu Makenzie McLaurin, 979-862.1913, Makenzie.McLaurin@ag.tamu.edu The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the agency’s Texas AgrAbility program will present a farm tour and agriculture business workshop June 29-30 in San Antonio in collaboration with Mesquite … Continued
By: Paul Schattenberg, AgriLife Today Contacts: Erin Kimbrough, 979-847-6185, Erin.Kimbrough@ag.tamu.edu Makenzie McLaurin, 979-862.1913, Makenzie.McLaurin@ag.tamu.edu The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the agency’s Texas AgrAbility program will present a farm tour and agriculture business workshop June 29-30 in San Antonio in collaboration with Mesquite … Continued
The Texas Wheat Producers Board (TWPB) will host a Sub-Saharan African Trade Team consisting of flour milling executives from South Africa, Nigeria, Liberia and Tanzania on June 11-14 in Corpus Christi. During their visit to Texas, the team will be … Continued