Agri-Pulse Daily Voice

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says President Donald Trump understands the benefits agriculture receives from the North American Free Trade Agreement despite his public threats to pull the U.S. from the deal.

The House Agriculture Committee is hearing from producers near the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, today, and representatives for the nation’s corn and soy producers plan to push for protection of their prized programs.

Hurricane Harvey has unleashed historic rainfall on Houston and other parts of Southeastern Texas, and the region’s cotton production hasn’t been spared from the storm.

Estimates from the western leg of the Farm Journal crop tour came in just a little higher than the projections from the Department of Agriculture.

With Hurricane Harvey set to make landfall, the Department of Agriculture is offering advice for those in the path of the storm.

The National Farmers Union wants to go on offense to promote the use of higher blends of renewable fuels.

Talks are underway to update the nation’s tax code, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee tells Agri-Pulse that he thinks the upper chamber is ready to address the issue.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s comments to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association have been put under a microscope this week in Washington.

The first round of talks for the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement closed on Sunday, and more negotiations are right around the corner.

Health care access remains a major hurdle for rural communities, and a Virginia FFA member wants to help change that.