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Fertilizer Tariffs Questioned, Congress Calls for Rollbacks – DTN Mar 18, 2022
With fertilizer prices and supplies raising global worries, more than 80 members of Congress have joined in a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the International Trade Commission to eliminate duties on […]
Ag Trade: China Missed Mark on Phase One Purchases – DTN Jan 20, 2022
China fell about $16 billion short in meeting its commitments for agricultural purchases under the phase-one trade agreement and the Biden administration is looking for China to continue buying more […]
Ag Funding in President Biden’s Agenda – DTN Nov 1, 2021
The Build Back Better Act would inject more than $27 billion into conservation programs and expand investment in biofuels — all tied to climate provisions in the bill — while […]
Ag Disaster Aid Added to Funding Bill – DTN Oct 1, 2021
Farmers and ranchers whose operations were struck by natural disasters in 2020 or 2021 will receive new aid relief as part of a $10 billion provision added to the government […]
House Ag Committee Debates Budget, Taxes – DTN Sep 14, 2021
Members of the House Agriculture Committee rose early Monday to vote along party lines to advance nearly $66 billion in spending for research, rural development and forestry programs that will […]
Derecho Aid Gets Blown Away from House Relief Bill – DTN Mar 4, 2021
House Democratic leaders stripped a provision from the latest aid package that would have helped farmers suffering from crop losses — including losses due to high winds or derechos — […]
This Week’s Election: Knowns And Unknowns – DTN Nov 5, 2020
Farmers, by and large, are happy with the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, and the president’s rural support helped in some key Senate and House races in […]
Vote On Reworked NAFTA May Linger Into 2020 – DTN Nov 22, 2019
USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky said Thursday it would be “very unfortunate” for agriculture if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delays a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement until 2020. Pelosi, D-Calif., […]
2020 House Election Forecast – DTN Nov 15, 2019
One year from the 2020 general election, more than half of the Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee are facing less-than-“solid” chances of retaining their seats, but the Democrats appear […]
House Ag Committee Approves Commodity Futures Trading Commission Bill – DTN Nov 1, 2019
After the House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said the bill “sends a strong […]
