The Trump Administration’s renegotiation of NAFTA with Mexico is getting cheers from the agricultural industry as well as optimism for more trade deals to come. The American Soybean Association said the renewal of the North American Free Trade Agreement is looking more promising after President Trump announced  that the U.S. and Mexico have reached an […]

The Trump administration has decided to withdraw a controversial Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (GIPSA) interim final rule and Congressmen are pleased. House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) and Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (NC-07) issued the following comments in response: “After nearly a decade of battling partisan and […]

A congressional delegation headed up north over the weekend to meet with Canadian officials ahead of the next round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations. Here’s what they had to say: “Our goal over the past two days was to ensure our Canadian counterparts understand that U.S. production agriculture has a keen interest […]

House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) echoed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s recent comments on NAFTA. Conaway is set to travel to Ottawa, Canada this weekend to continue negotiations. “Sec. Perdue hit the nail on the head when he said we need to stop circling the ring in NAFTA negotiations and begin […]

House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Bob Goodlatte (VA-6) are calling for a review of  a California court case involving a farmer who failed to get a permit to plow his land and now faces a $2.8 million fine under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Conaway and Goodlatte […]

On Wednesday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (MN-7) joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sec. Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer along with other members of the committee in an executive roundtable on U.S. agricultural trade policy. Here’s what they had to say: “We appreciated […]

Titled “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” the proposed budget calls for more than $3.6 trillion in cuts from farm subsidies to federal student aid.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) has spoken out against the inability of Congress to get critical help for cotton and dairy farmers from the omnibus appropriations bill. “It is no secret that times are extremely difficult in farm and ranch country right now, with net farm income down 50 percent from where […]

The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review rural America’s economic challenges and begin Farm Bill preparations, despite no Secretary yet.