Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue

A wave of Chapter 12 bankruptcies is sweeping across the U.S. farm belt as trade disputes take a toll on businesses already hurt by low commodity prices.

Cattle prices are expected to remain strong, with demand and the economy expected to remain solid. Drovers.com, we’ve had one heck of a good run that should continue this year.

People sickened by Salmonella contaminated beef has increased exponentially. Center for Disease Control, 333 cases in 28 states have been confirmed so far.

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.

Can the new farm bill be completed before the old one expires? Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said there’s a long way to go. But, he’s hopeful that it will be done.

G7 Summit ends and Canadian dairy farmer lobby group, says President Trump is looking to dump surplus subsidized U.S. dairy products on the Canadian market.

**The Trump administration informed Congress that it intends to officially begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada. The much-anticipated notification gives Congress a 90-day window to work with the U...

**Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a long-awaited reorganization of the USDA, creating two new mission areas and elevating the stature of rural development agencies. Perdue has expressed support for the creation of a new under-secretary position for trade at the department, and he made it official Friday, splitting up the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service that houses the Foreign Ag Service,

**It took newly sworn Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue only a few days to take his show on the road. Perdue’s first official visit as Secretary was to Kansas City last week where he met with the Department of Agriculture’s Beacon Facility, where he said he puts trade at the top of his agenda...