Agri-Pulse Daily Voice

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the department is working on efforts to help American farmers and ranchers that he hopes won’t be necessary.

The economic consequences of deficient infrastructure are especially strong in Rural America, USDA’s deputy secretary said in Washington on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump says the administration won’t let farmers and ranchers be disproportionately impacted by the ongoing trade dispute with China.

Signup begins today for the reworked Margin Protection Program, giving dairy producers a second look at the risk management tool.

Ethanol groups are issuing formal responses to reports of hardship waivers being granted that would exempt small refineries from the requirements of the Renewable Fuel Standard.

China has announced products that would face retaliation if the U.S. follows through on tariff threats, and ag products make several appearances on the list.

Five Republican Senators recently returned from a trip to China, and one of them says Chinese officials are interested in discussing the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and the Asian nation.

Chinese retaliatory tariffs on American ag products took effect on Monday, furthering the conversation about the country’s role in global trade discussions.

Despite differences in geography and production systems, young producers say many of the challenges they face are just like others of a similar age range.

President Donald Trump got applause for discussing the need for rural broadband in a speech on Thursday, but his ag secretary says funding for the initiative needs to be thought through.