Commitments on the new NAFTA. U.S. needs to avoid ill-advised food import triggers. Beef Industry is about producing nutritious beef with economic viability.
The Trump administration wants changes in the SNAP Program. NAFTA nations stressing that continuing duty-free agricultural trade is critical to their success.
Farmers warnings about threats to pull out of NAFTA and rewrite other trade agreements. Monsanto announced updates on advancements made in its R&D pipeline.
A return to the ‘federal’ rule of law that prohibits the sale and use of marijuana. U.S. farmers to plant 40 million acres this year, double the 2017 total.
Wheat acreage in the U.S. is expected to be at historic lows again. Arkansas Legislative Council is to provide a final review of the dicamba regulation.
Reorganization of the Codex Alimentarius program in USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service be moved to the Office of the Undersecretary for Trade and Ag Affairs. Arkansas Plant Board has decided that ALL dicamba products should be banned as of April 15th. Tax bill through the House last week that would slash corporate and individual taxes while preserving and even expanding key benefits for farms.
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has passed and its effect will lessens the impact self-employment and income taxes have on producers from its original version. Arkansas and Monsanto facing off on the Dicamba ban. China removing value added tax on distillers dried grains.
A rejected proposal to prohibit hydroponics in organic production, disappointed growers who want organic certification restricted to crops grown in soil. Tax policy specialist says new business rates in the House Ways & Means tax bill will have the greatest impact on farmers’ taxes. Monsanto is pulling its new nematode control seed treatment.