The Trump Administration has been promising a second round of trade assistance for the past two weeks. Today, they released more details of the new program.
In a string of tweets Friday morning, President Trump outlined a new plan to assist farmers while trade talks continue with China.
After months of partisan bickering and some missed deadlines, the 2018 Farm Bill has gotten President Donald Trump’s signature and is now law.
The Trump Administration has kept its word on renegotiating NAFTA, securing a preliminary United States–Mexico Trade Agreement Monday that promises to be a mutually beneficial win for North American farmers, ranchers, workers, and businesses. The Administration says the preliminary agreement will benefit American workers, American manufacturing, and American agriculture, through provisions including: New “rules of […]
Farmers for Free Trade, the bipartisan coalition that’s leading farmer opposition to tariffs, has launched Tariffs Hurt the Heartland. This new, multi-million dollar campaign will highlight the widespread economic pain the trade war causes for middle America, particularly American farmers, manufacturers, workers, and consumers. The first ad in this new campaign against tariffs highlights the […]
An Indiana farmer may soon be representing the United States in the United Nations. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Kip Tom to be accorded the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture at the Department of […]
By a vote of 88 to 11 Wednesday, the Senate adopted a non-binding motion giving Congress a say before the president can levy tariffs for national security purposes under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said they will continue to […]
Oregon ranchers Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr. and his son, Steven Hammond will soon be free thanks to President Donald J. Trump’s full pardons of them today. Trump signed Executive Grants of Clemency for the multi-generation cattle ranchers imprisoned in connection with a fire that leaked onto a small portion of neighboring public grazing land. In […]
More than 60 companies and organizations representing American dairy farmers and cheese makers commended President Donald Trump this week for his efforts on equitable trade and for insisting that Canada halt its market-distorting dairy practices. At the same time, the companies urged the administration to reconsider its imposition of new tariffs on Mexico in light […]
In 2011, a group of Chinese nationals dug up genetically engineered seeds from an Iowa corn field and planned to steal and send them back to China, so they could be reverse engineered. Those seeds, the result of years of research and millions of dollars of American investment, now stand as one of countless pieces […]