Insights and Stories on White House

U.S. packer profit margins jumped 300 per cent during pandemic, economists say

Dec. 10, 2021 at 8:04 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Four of the biggest meat-processing companies, using their market power in the highly consolidated U.S. market to drive up meat prices and underpay farmers, have tripled their own net profit margins since the pandemic started, White House economics advisers said. Financial statements of the meat-processing companies […]

White House to stick with 2020 biofuel plan, despite farmer objections

Dec. 18, 2019 at 5:11 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

White House seen aiming to calm U.S. farmer unrest over biofuels

Aug. 20, 2019 at 3:53 pm CDT

By Humeyra Pamuk Jarrett Renshaw

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

Mar. 28, 2019 at 7:25 pm CDT

By John Whitesides

U.S. EPA sends proposed new E15 rule to White House

Mar. 4, 2019 at 8:01 pm CST

By Humeyra Pamuk

U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy

Nov. 23, 2018 at 7:16 pm CST

Reuters — Climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday that the White House called inaccurate. The congressionally mandated report, written with the help of more […]

By Reuters

U.S. farm groups oppose Trump’s cuts to ag spending

May. 23, 2017 at 4:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm groups on Tuesday pushed back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash agriculture spending, viewing it as a fresh threat to a struggling farm economy. The White House on Monday proposed $46.54 billion in cuts to federal government funding for the agriculture sector over […]

By Mark Weinraub Tom Polansek

White House readies order to quit NAFTA

Apr. 26, 2017 at 4:29 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The White House is considering a draft executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement, a senior Trump administration official said on Wednesday. It was unclear whether the order would be enacted by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull […]

By Steve Holland

White House still weighing U.S. biofuels program change

Mar. 6, 2017 at 7:54 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration is reviewing the possibility of a key change to U.S. biofuels policy requested by oil refiners and Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor and special advisor on regulations to President Donald Trump, a White House official said Monday. The administration has no position “either […]

By emily-stephenson

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

Feb. 28, 2017 at 6:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday and soyoil futures climbed about four per cent on prospects for changes to the U.S. renewable fuels policy that could boost demand for corn-based ethanol and soy biodiesel, traders said. Both markets pared gains following a White House statement that […]

By Julie Ingwersen

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