Agri-pulse Daily Voice

Reform of the Endangered Species Act has long been a goal of many ag groups, and there’s hope something can happen this year.

Cattle market experts say 2018 will be a profitable year for producers, but robust production will lead to high consumption expectations for consumers.

Senator Jeff Flake announced Thursday that he would allow Gregg Doud’s nomination to be chief ag negotiator with the U.S. Trade Representative to proceed, giving agriculture a seat at the table in upcoming trade negotiations.

Cattle producers from the three NAFTA countries are in agreement: loss of the trade agreement would be a serious blow to producers in all three nations.

President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, outlining administration priorities for the coming year and discussing matters critical to agriculture along the way.

Talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement need to increase in pace says the top trade official from the U.S.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership was once the top talking point for a host of ag organizations until President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. from the deal.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are once again discussing reform of the Renewable Fuel Standard, but biofuels advocates say political realities could make their push even more difficult.

The Department of Agriculture’s information technology systems have long been due for an upgrade, and improvements to the system could be coming soon.

The Renewable Fuel Standard is about four years from a fundamental change, and oil and biofuel groups are sounding the alarm about an upcoming deadline to add certainty to the program.

The pork industry is still trying to regain marketshare lost in the last several years due to labor and disease issues.

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has added a display to educate visitors about the use of precision technology in agriculture.

Livestock groups are trying to push legislation that would prevent farmers and ranchers from being regulated like superfund sites, but an enforcement deadline could arrive before a bill can be passed.

The leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee took their pro-agriculture message to a different panel on Wednesday, urging a Trump administration nominee to stick with trade negotiations rather than abandon them.

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey’s nomination to be a USDA undersecretary has been stuck in the United States Senate for months, and one of his home state senators says he’s willing to try different methods to get it approved.

The end of 2017 brought changes to the nation’s tax code, but the principles of good estate planning don’t appear to have been impacted by the new law.

A newly formed coalition is hoping to bridge the urban and rural gap to provide better broadband service to areas where the service is either lacking or not up to par.

The Department of Agriculture and the nation’s two largest farm groups want to raise awareness and generate conversations about the ongoing opioid crisis in rural America.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was a hot topic at a bipartisan White House meeting on Tuesday, but the American Farm Bureau Federation weighed the pros and cons of their own approach as well.

The Trump administration talked up its regulatory reform efforts Monday in Nashville, and Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue was the first to get in on the act.