RNC

The Republican National Convention got underway this week, and the platform looks very similar to what was discussed back in 2016, meaning farming will hold prominent place in the policy blueprint. The GOP platform calls for less Ag regulation that has raised consumer costs, expanding science-based trade, no GMO labeling, and more rural broadband ...

A co-chair of Donald Trump’s agriculture advisory committee says the Farm Bill needs a revamp.   Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told Politico last week the farm bill was written in a time of high commodity prices, adding  that it needed to be revamped.  Miller deferr...

With both Candidates for President openly against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal could be facing an increasing uphill battle towards getting congressional approval.   At the Democratic National Convention this week, chants broke out of “No TPP” while Bernie Sanders was speaking Monday, the same day his party approved its platform which is formally against the trade agreement.  Hilar

The Republican Party platform is now endorsing a policy on international trade that more closely resembles comments made by their presidential nominee, Donald Trump, than what platforms have said in the past.   Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today reports the new platform calls for “agreements that put America first.”   It also say...

Farmers and agriculture groups all fear anti-trade talk at this week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  They are also are looking for the presumptive nominee to keep pushing for reform of the regulatory agenda in D.C.   Donald Trump ha...

Farm and agribusiness groups are planning their traditional events at the upcoming Republican and Democratic national conventions this month.   DTN/The Progressive Farmer reports they’ll have some competition from a group called Plate of the Union, which is a coalition of groups with close ties to the Environmental Working Group.  Plate of...