WOTUS Rule

India has formally removed retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. farm products that made almonds and walnuts from California less competitive.

Ag groups are reacting to the EPA’s proposed rule to replace the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, and they’re not happy saying it would re-establish the pre-2015 WOTUS rule.

Optimism seems to be growing from the possible trade truce with China. The U.S. Soybean Export Council reports net sales for soybeans is up 42% percent.

Pruitt met with of ag organizations united against the WOTUS rule, about a proposal goes back to the basics of the rules of the original Clean Water Act.

The nation’s farm groups appear to have mixed feelings on President Trump. Livestock farmers have been granted a two-month reprieve in reporting air emissions. USDA’s commitment to work with program operators, school nutrition professionals to ensure school nutrition standards are both healthful and practical.

**For those wondering why the proposal to withdraw the WOTUS rule, announced June 27th, hasn’t appeared officially in the Federal Register … blame the formatting. EPA sent the prepublication version of the proposed rule to the Office of the Federal Register the next day, but it hasn’t been published yet...

The $43 billion deal between Syngenta and Chem China has some farmers believing it will be beneficial the WSJ reports. The paper cites U.S. farmers’ complex relationship with China, whose economic growth has spurred demand for agricultural commodities ...