As the push toward healthier soils expands, the use of cover crops does as well across the country planting 50% more cover crop acres, at 15.4 million in 2017.
A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel found China has administered its tariff-rate quotas for wheat, corn, and rice inconsistently with its WTO commitments.
China is proposing it could buy an additional $30 billion a year of U.S. agricultural products including soybeans, corn and wheat as part of a possible trade deal.
President Trump will meet with China's President Xi Jinping later this month at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires. There is new developments in the trade talks.
The Ag Secretary Sonny Purdue says that the U.S. is looking for better trade term with Japan. Japanese trade officials are not giving U.S. products extra access.
Both sides are at odds on a new rule that gives states more leeway to curb carbon emissions. Environmental groups say it won’t have that desired effect.