Agri-pulse Daily Voice

China is looking at increasing its use of ethanol to fuel its vehicles, and U.S. farmers could benefit from the policy.

Ambassador Terry Branstad says the U.S. and China can have a mutually-beneficial trade relationship once the current tariff situation is resolved.

Agri-Pulse is in China this week with farm broadcasters and agribusiness professionals from across the nation.

The House narrowly passed the farm bill on Thursday, clearing the way for the chamber to bring its legislation into negotiations with the Senate.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says he understands concerns about American impacts of the trade dispute with China, but the issues at hand still need to be addressed.

The Trump administration is escalating its trade actions against China. Trump is threatening to impose another 200 billion dollars in tariffs if China refuses to change its practices.

The House is expected to take up two immigration bills this week, and one could involve provisions impacting farm labor.

President Donald Trump announced $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods last week, leading to worry of what retaliatory tariffs could do to U.S. agriculture.

The Senate farm bill reported out of committee earlier this week could still be in line for some changes by Republican members of the Senate Ag Committee.

The Senate Agriculture Committee passed its version of the 2018 farm bill on Wednesday.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is in South Dakota today after a trip to Kansas yesterday that involved a tense meeting at an ethanol plant.

As trade concerns all over the world have many industries worried about potential retaliation, the pork sector is already facing retaliatory tariffs of their own.

The Senate Agriculture Committee released the text of its farm bill proposal on Friday, and U.S. farm groups seem to like what they see.

Senate Agriculture Committee leaders have agreed on farm bill language that will look very similar to legislation of years past.

President Trump’s rejection of a biofuels deal may have been a short-term win for the biofuels industry, but it also leaves a major policy priority in flux.

President Donald Trump has rejected a reported deal that would have coupled summer E15 sales with allowing exported biofuels to count toward RFS compliance.

Eight groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency in an effort to better define what it takes to receive an exemption from the national biofuel mandate and to force waived gallons to be reallocated.

Talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement have lasted longer than initially anticipated, but all three countries are showing a willingness to stay at it.

On the same day the Trump administration announced additional trade actions against major U.S. trading partners, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said such disputes need to be resolved.