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U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue applauded the proposed rulemaking from the Department of Labor regarding the H-2A Visa Program. The proposed new rule would require American employers looking for temporary help to advertise their job […]

A coalition of ag groups, agribusinesses, and related industries sent a group of representatives to Cuba for a three-day conference aimed at increasing sales and cooperation between the two nations. Reuters says the conference was […]

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue last week announced the United States has joined 12 other nations to support policies that enable agricultural innovation, including genome editing. The International Statement on Agricultural Applications of Precision Biotechnology was […]

U.S. beef exports remained very strong in September while pork exports continued to be impacted by retaliatory duties in China and Mexico, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export […]

The U.S Cattlemen’s Association has concerns with a potential U.S-Brazil free trade agreement. News of a potential bilateral agreement emerged following the recent presidential election in Brazil. President Donald Trump recently spoke with the newly […]

The Department of Agriculture’s inspector general will investigate proposed movement of two USDA agencies outside of the Washington, DC the investigation will look into whether USDA followed proper procedures when deciding to move the agencies., […]

China dropped imports of U.S. soybeans by 80 percent in September and increased Brazilian imports by 28 percent. this is the first time that China has provided data on the country of origin for its […]

The California groundskeeper who won a lawsuit against Bayer’s Monsanto by claiming that Roundup herbicide caused his cancer has agreed to accept $78 million dollars. He’s doing so against the advice of his lawyers because […]

Bayer says that it’s focused on defending Monsanto weed-killers containing glyphosate from lawsuits over claims that the products cause cancer. However, Bayer CEO Werner Baumann says they might settle those cases if the court costs […]

The Hagstrom Report says California Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris are asking Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to give extra compensation to farmers who’ve been hurt by trade disputes. The legislators are citing […]