Agri-Pulse Daily Voice

Senate appropriators on Thursday approved a bill to fund the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration in fiscal year 2018.

Department of Agriculture officials are seeking to reassure consumers that a detected case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE, never entered the nation’s food supply.

An expert in Corn Belt farmland says the market is in the favor of buyers, and many of those buyers are producers keeping the land in use.

On the same day his trade negotiators outlined their NAFTA priorities, President Donald Trump offered his thoughts on the current trade climate.

On the same day his trade negotiators outlined their NAFTA priorities, President Donald Trump offered his thoughts on the current trade climate.

While Congressional efforts on health care have occupied most of the attention in Washington, tax reform efforts remain ongoing.

Language cleared out of a House appropriations subcommittee this week is heavily supported by the livestock industry.

Last week, the European Union and Japan announced a trade agreement, which left U.S. agriculture interests wondering when American negotiators will get a shot at the Japanese market.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a business meeting today, but a bill that would allow the sale of E15 during the summer isn’t on the agenda.

About 20 veterinarians from across the country will be in Washington this week as part of an effort to bring an additional perspective on the livestock industry’s need for a vaccine bank in the upcoming farm bill.