Submitted by Micheal Clements on Tue, 04/25/2017 – 10:22 NAFB News Service Audio provided by the NAFB News Service Audio with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Freshly sworn in as ...Read more
(Washington, D.C., April 25, 2017) – Sonny Perdue was sworn in as the 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by fellow Georgian and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas ...Read more
The U.S. Senate Monday evening voted to confirm Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary, just shy of 100 days after his nomination announcement by then President-elect Donald Trump. The Senate voted ...Read more
The White House over the weekend promised an executive order for agriculture. In a memo to reporters, the White House press office said President Donald Trump would hold a roundtable discussion ...Read more
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s immigration and labor expert is heading to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. AFBF’s director of congressional relations for labor and immigration, Kristi ...Read more
The European Union and the United States could soon be reviving negotiations of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over the weekend told ...Read more
The first of several lawsuits filed against Syngenta is underway. Syngenta is facing dozens of lawsuits that claim a move by the company depressed corn prices in 2013. The farmers involved claim ...Read more
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson spoke to thousands attending the Washington, D.C. March for Science over the weekend that also included former Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen ...Read more
Submitted by Chad Smith on Fri, 04/21/2017 During the winter, cattle rations are balanced nutritionally and delivered straight to the livestock. Spring comes along and cattle get put out to ...Read more
Submitted by Micheal Clements As the U.S. cattle inventory, and in turn beef supply, continues to grow, the industry is faced with finding new ways to market quality beef. Industry ...Read more
