Richardton, North Dakota dairy farmer Jerry Messer has stepped down as chairman of the Midwest Dairy Association corporate board and Allen Merrill of Parker, South Dakota was elected to the job. The new first vice president is Charles Krause of Buffalo. Dan Grunhovd...
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson thinks the change will affect the timeline of the 2018 Farm Bill.?He says now he will do it next year. Conaway wouldn?t be able to do it by the end of the year, anyway. We think it will have some affect, we just aren?t...
Nearly 70 members of the American Seed Trade Association were on Capitol Hill this week. President and CEO Andy LaVigne says the seed industry is working on many of the same issues that are important to production agriculture. That includes trade. "We've got to have...
Canada is implementing a new pricing policy, which limits U.S. access to this important market. As a result, dairy processors in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Northeast have terminated contracts with some dairy farmers. The Minnesota Milk Producers Association reports...
For the first time since late 2003, China is opening its market to U.S. beef. An agreement was made during the meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is welcome news for the U.S. beef industry, but, there is some caution. China...
Rokala Public Affairs President Mark Rokala, says someone is needed at USDA with the budget about to be done.?Everyone is anticipating a 10 percent cut across all of these programs. Congress has to finish the fiscal year 2017. The continuing resolution runs out April...
The Minnesota Farmers Union is hosted a series of rural issues discussions across the state. At a meeting in Moorhead last week, nearly 50 farmers expressed their concerns on state and national legislation. In addition to buffer legislation, Minnesota Farmers Union...
The SNAP program accounted for 69 percent of all federal food and nutrition assistance spending last fiscal year. An average of 44.2 million people per month participated in the program, three percent fewer than the previous fiscal year and the third consecutive year...
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation is urging the Trump administration to roll back overly precautionary regulations to encourage much-needed innovations that produce safer and more sustainable crops and livestock, while still preventing unreasonable...
Some lawmakers and the ag industry agree: it?s important to get Sonny Perdue in office. National Farmers Union Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Communications Rob Larew says there?s concern in farm country, because agriculture secretary nominee Sonny Perdue...
