President Donald Trump went straight to work for rural America Monday at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2018 Annual Convention, unveiling a major initiative designed to strengthen an economy that has lagged urban areas in recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-2012. Trump signed two executive orders that fund and streamline the expansion of rural […]

Trade is more than a product crossing a border; it’s vital to American agriculture and numerous associated American jobs. That’s what U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry told the Washington International Trade Association Tuesday. Roberts then participated in a agriculture trade discussion with Ambassador Max Baucus, […]

The letter notes the Administration’s “do no harm” pledge regarding food and agriculture in NAFTA negotiations.

There’s a first time for everything and we were pleased Sec.Perdue chose the 90th #ICanWeWillFFA for his first ever National FFA Convention

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 […]

Producers aren’t feeling so optimistic about the future of the agricultural economy, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The overall barometer held steady from August to September with a reading of 132 as its two sub-indices – the Index of Future Expectations and the Index of Current Conditions – shifted in […]

NAFTA re-negotiations should aim to modernize the agreement, rather than dismantle it. That was the message the American Farm Bureau Federation, The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and Mexico’s Consejo Nacional Agropecuario sent to Canadian, United States and Mexican government officials this week. The AFBF, CFA, and CNA agree that agriculture represents one of NAFTA’s biggest […]

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association approves the Trump Administration’s overall goals for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) but will continue to advise the Administration and Congress to not repeat the mistakes of the past by using NAFTA to resurrect failed government marketing programs, such as Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (MCOOL). “As we learned […]

National Corn Growers Association First Vice President Kevin Skunes had the opportunity Tuesday to tell the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative just how important upcoming NAFTA renegotiations are to the corn industry. “North America has become the most important export market for the U.S. corn industry,” Skunes testified. “Corn farmers export about 20 percent […]