Agri-pulse Daily Voice

A busy year for wildfires is continuing in California as thousands of acres burn just north of Los Angeles.

Senator Ted Cruz has a meeting this week at the White House to discuss renewable fuels policy, and it doesn’t sound like a key pro-ethanol lawmaker has been invited.

The House of Representatives has voted in favor of going to conference with the Senate to work out the differences on their tax reform plan.

Late last week, the Senate cleared a tax reform proposal that the chair of the chamber’s agriculture committee says will be beneficial to producers.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt talks with Agri-Pulse Contributing Editor Jeff Nalley and offers updates on where things stand with Waters of the United States and dicamba.

The Environmental Protection Agency came out with blending levels under the Renewable Fuel Standard that contained some positives and negatives for the biofuels industry.

After seeing farm income trend lower for the last three years, the Department of Agriculture says profits are forecast to be relatively stable in 2017.

The Senate Budget Committee voted on Tuesday to advance the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, sending the measure to the floor on a party line vote.

The Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public hearing today in West Virginia to gather input on what it should do with one of the Obama administration’s chief climate legacy provisions.

Many corn and soybean producers across the country all use the same commodity program through the farm bill, but sorghum growers are hoping they can maintain their program of choice in the upcoming legislation as well.

When people talk about infrastructure, the conversation is widening from just roads and bridges to also include things like internet connectivity and water systems.

The American Sugar Alliance is hoping to maintain its current safety net programs in the upcoming farm bill.

The Department of Transportation is issuing a delay on a set of trucking rules that had the livestock industry on edge.

A growing farm labor and border security issue could be better resolved with Mexico’s help, says rancher, sheriff, and hunger advocate Howard Buffett.

The National Grain and Feed Association says a stoppage along the inland waterways system earlier this year is driving home the need for broader action to improve the nation’s infrastructure.

President Donald Trump has returned from a 12-day trip to Asia, and ag groups are hopeful the visit will improve relations with trading partners.

Some of the largest commodity groups in the country are in agreement that the next farm bill should switch over to Risk Management Agency data for commodity programs.

While many in ag policy circles are scratching their heads about a potential contingency plan in the event of withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement, several voices are saying it shouldn’t get that far.

Sam Clovis may have withdrawn his name form consideration for an undersecretary post, but Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says he still wants to see the Iowa native around at the Department of Agriculture.

Supporters of federal nutrition programs are hoping for no structural changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the upcoming farm bill, and they say they have facts to back their position.