Agri-Pulse Daily Voice

The Department of Agriculture and the nation’s two largest farm groups want to raise awareness and generate conversations about the ongoing opioid crisis in rural America.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was a hot topic at a bipartisan White House meeting on Tuesday, but the American Farm Bureau Federation weighed the pros and cons of their own approach as well.

The Trump administration talked up its regulatory reform efforts Monday in Nashville, and Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue was the first to get in on the act.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak today at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s convention in Nashville, where he’ll be greeted with a crowd that heard pro-trade messages from multiple stakeholders on Sunday.

The Trump administration talked up its regulatory reform efforts Monday in Nashville, and Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue was the first to get in on the act.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak today at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s convention in Nashville, where he’ll be greeted with a crowd that heard pro-trade messages from multiple stakeholders on Sunday.

Winter weather has been especially harsh in several states across the plains, bringing about concerns over the area’s winter wheat crop.

A dairy trade association believes a product calling itself yogurt is misleading consumers about the nutritional benefits of its almond-based alternative.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is looking for more action to curb trucking regulations the group says present animal welfare concerns.

The 2017 Census of Agriculture has been sent to farmers all across the country. Greg Thessen of the National Ag Statistics Service office in Des Moines, Iowa, says the Census is very important to each and every producer.