Brexit to Trigger UK Farm Policy Overhaul and EU Funding Gap
Britain is expected to radically overhaul agricultural policy after it leaves the European Union and the bloc may have to make changes too when it loses Britain's net contributions to the region's...
View ArticleSource: U.S. Wants Trade to Dominate Economic Talks with Japan
The United States is pushing for trade to be a key issue in top-level economic talks with Japan, a person involved in the talks told Reuters on Thursday, an unwelcome development for Tokyo, which is...
View ArticleZimbabwe Could Soon Use Livestock as Loan Security
Zimbabwean entrepreneurs could soon use movable assets -- including livestock and vehicles -- to secure loans from banks, according to a bill brought before the country's Parliament this week.
View ArticleEPA Denies Plans to Close Chicago Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials on Tuesday denied reports the agency will close the office in Chicago that oversees regional environmental protection efforts including the Flint,...
View ArticleLast Stand: Nebraska Farmers Could Derail Keystone XL Pipeline
When President Donald Trump handed TransCanada Pipeline Co. a permit for its Keystone XL pipeline last month, he said the company could now build the long-delayed and divisive project "with efficiency...
View ArticleJapan's Aso Pushes Back Against U.S. Pressure for Bilateral Trade Deal
Japan has less room to compromise with the United States under a bilateral trade deal than under a multilateral agreement like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), its deputy prime minister said,...
View ArticleSenate Confirms Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary
The Senate confirmed former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture on Monday.
View ArticleTrudeau Vows to Defend Canada Interests as U.S. Targets Lumber, Canadian...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to stand up for Canadian interests on Tuesday after the United States imposed new tariffs on softwood lumber and trade tensions between the two countries escalated,...
View ArticleFederal Investment in Agriculture Gives Great ROI
Since the 2014 Farm Bill was enacted, crop insurance has come in more than $3 billion under budget.
View ArticleTrump Signs Executive Order for Agriculture
Trump signed the executive order, "Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity," on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.
View ArticleTrump tells Canada, Mexico, He Won’t Terminate NAFTA Treaty Yet
It looked like it was on the brink of being scrapped, but after discussing NAFTA with President Pena Nieto and Prime Minister Trudeau, renegotiation appears to be the next step.
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