China on track for $31 billion in U.S. ag imports over 12 months While China may not meet the first-year target under the “phase one” trade agreement, it is buying huge amounts of U.S. food, agriculture, and seafood products that could total $31 billion over 12 months, said Iowa State… Continue reading

Biden review of USDA may have a climate mitigation perspective Robert Bonnie, an Obama appointee at the USDA and now the head of an initiative to identify agriculture’s role in mitigating climate change, will lead a review of the Agriculture Department to prepare the way for the incoming administration, said… Continue reading

One of our country’s greatest treasures is our veterans.   The monuments we have erected, in Washington, DC and across our great country is to remind us of their sacrifices for our freedoms and American ideals are a small and simply unequal token to the honor and reverence they deserve…. Continue reading

Women dominate list of potential nominees for agriculture secretary Obama-era officials and lawmakers top the list of potential nominees for agriculture secretary in the Biden administration, and, for the first time, most of the contenders are women. Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, co-founder of the One Country Project… Continue reading

Scott, seeking to chair House Ag, calls for racial justice and economic equality Nine-term Georgia Rep. David Scott asked House Democrats to name him Agriculture Committee chairman with a call on Thursday for racial justice and economic equality in agriculture, rural economic development, and a safety net for hungry Americans…. Continue reading

New chairs on the way for Senate and House Agriculture panels Southerners could lead both of the Agriculture committees in Congress as a result of Tuesday’s general election, which trimmed the majorities Republicans hold in the Senate and Democrats hold in the House. Rep. David Scott of Georgia was first… Continue reading

Peterson, ag committee chair, defeated after three decades in House Michelle Fischbach, a well-financed Republican and former Minnesota lieutenant governor endorsed by President Trump, soundly defeated House Agriculture chairman Collin Peterson in a strongly conservative western state district, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election. The blunt-spoken Peterson was a… Continue reading

Financial and trade issues loom in agriculture as presidential race ends The winner of the presidential election on Tuesday, whether it’s President Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden, will face agricultural issues that include the trade war with China and the approaching end of mammoth stopgap subsidies that have propped… Continue reading

Trump runs in rural America on ethanol, tax cuts, regulatory relief President Trump is ending his re-election campaign in rural America on the same issues that boosted him in 2016: Promises of tax cuts, fewer federal regulations and support for corn ethanol. In addition, farmers are wealthy from $23 billion… Continue reading