Agri-pulse Daily Voice

National FFA members from across the country are in Washington this week for the first ever State Officer Summit.

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the ag industry should speak up and make sure Class I railroads recognize the sector as an important customer.

Agriculture groups are offering cautious support for USDA’s 12-billion-dollar plan to assist producers who are bearing the brunt of the administration’s multi-nation trade war.

A pair of Department of Agriculture reports show a continuing expansion of available protein as trade disputes make it more difficult to move product to overseas markets.

The EPA held a public hearing in Michigan last Wednesday, where Growth Energy called on EPA to chart a major course correction on annual biofuel targets.

Drought conditions across parts of the country are starting to have an impact on crops and harvesting decisions.

The 2018 farm bill is one step closer to becoming a reality now that the House has voted to go to conference with the Senate to merge their pieces of legislation.

A panel of witnesses told congress on Tuesday there is more to be done to expand broadband to rural America.

The Department of Agriculture is set to dole out more than $2 billion in disaster assistance by November to producers hit by wildfires and hurricanes in 2017.

Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been making his way around Capitol Hill to speak with senators before they consider his nomination.

The EPA has responded to an April letter from 13 senators, but the information not in the response might be getting more attention than what is.

Today, the Homegrown by Heroes program revealed its new product label, which has been updated to add a female soldier.

Agriculture should explore ways to shift the conversation from science and productivity to values in an effort to win over consumers says Terri Moore with the Center for Food Integrity.

While Chinese tariffs may be in the news now, American wheat producers are hoping that longstanding issues with the country will be subject to trade enforcement.

U.S. farmers and ranchers have been vocal about their concern over the administration’s trade policies, but local government leaders from across the country say the impacts will be felt in industries outside of agriculture as well.

Today brings plans of additional tariffs from the Chinese government in response to U.S. trade actions, and ag products will feel a lot of the hurt.

A soybean crushing facility in China is one of many grain-handling outfits undergoing expansions in the country.

China is now the top spender in the world on public ag research, and two former USDA officials say the U.S. should do more to prevent private sector companies from having to pick up the slack.

A group of American producers traveling through China say a mutually beneficial trade relationship should emerge between the two countries.