Insights and Stories on U.S. Government

Sep. 25, 2024 at 1:24 pm CDT

Dozens of groups including the American Farm Bureau Federation, Renewable Fuels Association and American Chemistry Council said "the time has come for the U.S. government to intervene and ensure port operations do not stop" in order to prevent damage to U.S. agriculture and the economy.

By David Shepardson, Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters

Jul. 23, 2024 at 10:18 am CDT

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it enters a new phase in the national strategy to fight climate change under the Paris agreement.

By Reuters, Valerie Volcovici

Jun. 25, 2024 at 5:09 pm CDT

Livestock farmers in the U.S. would have a clearer path to bringing antitrust complaints against meatpacking companies for unfair business practices under a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday.

By Leah Douglas, Reuters

May. 24, 2024 at 11:30 am CDT

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of a $1.5 trillion farm spending bill late Thursday night with few Democratic votes, prolonging a standoff between the parties over key nutrition, agriculture, and climate policies.

By Leah Douglas, Reuters

May. 1, 2024 at 11:14 am CDT

Virginia Houston, director of government affairs with the American Soybean Association, says president Joe Biden’s administration feels FTAs pit U.S. domestic industries against one another.


By Sean Pratt