Agri-Pulse Daily Voice

Talk of an infrastructure proposal in Washington has cooled, but Farm Credit Council CEO Todd Van Hoose would still like to see something move.

The livestock industry got some relief from a federal trucking regulation earlier this year, but work is ongoing to extend that relief past the end of the fiscal year.

There’s been plenty of talk about the EPA’s governance of the Renewable Fuel Standard, but biofuels groups remain confident the agency will be timely in its 2019 volume proposal.

Trump administration officials are in China this week to talk trade, but the American sorghum growers are already feeling the consequences of trade actions from earlier this year.

The EPA’s plans to repeal and replace the Waters of the United States rule have hit a number of delays, but work remains ongoing to offer a new rule.

Talks to update the North American Free Trade Agreement will resume next week, giving the three countries at the table time to consult with industries back home.

A former agriculture secretary who now leads a dairy export trade association says changes to Canadian dairy policy should be coming through an update to the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The House could take up the farm bill in early May, but don’t expect Democrats to offer amendments to try to change the legislation.

The Trump administration is still looking for resolution to conversations over biofuels policy, and the USDA and EPA leaders appear to be different pages about how quickly one possible solution could be reached.

The top agriculture official at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says China needs to be more transparent with its trading partners at the World Trade Organization.