Agri-pulse Daily Voice

A U.S. group says the Canadian embassy is off base with its interpretation of woes in the U.S. dairy industry.

The U.S. and Japan officially kicked off an economic dialogue during Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to the Asian nation.

The price of food went up for the third straight month in March.

The White House has ordered USDA and all federal agencies to submit a plan by June 30th to shrink their civilian workforces and meet the president’s goal to reduce the government’s size and scope.

Three dairy state senators are calling on the Trump administration to act on Canadian trade barriers that they say are hurting U.S. dairy farmers and processors.

President Trump has been vocal about his desire to achieve regulatory reform, and Brian Jennings with the American Coalition for Ethanol is hopeful the changes could help the renewable fuels industry.

The Department of Agriculture sent shockwaves through the ag industry on Tuesday when it announced a delay of a rule set to go into effect in 11 days.

As the House and Senate Agriculture committees begin the process of writing the next farm bill, budgetary concerns are a front of mind issue.

Capitol Hill Republicans and the Trump administration are eyeing tax reform in the 115th Congress, and agriculture is keeping an eye on the developments.

After the loss of the market access possibilities that could have come from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the nation’s largest pork trade group isn’t being quiet about its desires for a trade deal with Japan.

The farm bill, like many other pieces of legislation in Washington, will be operating within strict fiscal parameters as lawmakers look to reauthorize it.

A political saga that began in February of last year could be wrapping up this week as the Senate considers the Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch.

There’s been talk of a trillion dollar infrastructure spend coming from the Trump White House, and a group of ag stakeholders hope rural connectivity could be part of the equation.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt had a meeting last week with Oklahoma Farm Bureau, and the group left reassured that Pruitt will be a friend in the office.

On Thursday, USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service released its quarterly hogs and pigs report.

On Wednesday, 35 members of Congress from 21 states announced their plans to join the Congressional Beef Caucus. 

A hearing of the House Subcommittee on nutrition made one thing clear: any effort to include enhanced work requirements to receive nutrition funding can expect stiff Democratic opposition.

Last week’s withdrawal of the GOP healthcare bill will surely have ripple effects on the legislative calendar, but it remains to be seen if the upcoming farm bill will get caught in the fray.

The farm bill suffered a stunning defeat in 2013 when it went down on the House floor. Now, nutrition and farm groups are rallying together to try and prevent that from happening again.

Thursday was the day for Ag Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, as his confirmation came before a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee.