The House and Senate continued their two-week spring recess this week. Though the Hill remains quieter than normal, items of importance to agricultural producers continue. Here’s a short update; the complete Report will return next Friday, May 6. SURE Options Clarified for Growers with Disaster Crops Colorado wheat growers, with devastated winter wheat crops, can [...]

Both chambers of Congress began this week a two-week spring recess for Passover and Easter. As has become our practice during recess weeks, here’s a short report on happenings in the worlds of wheat policy and agriculture. The complete Report will return on Friday, May 6. Welcome Break in U.S.-Panama FTA Talks U.S. Wheat Associates [...]

Representatives from across the U.S. wheat value chain met Tuesday in Chicago for the fourth Wheat Summit.

The debate over how and how much to cut federal spending produced both some answers and more questions this week in Washington.

Rail competition and service for wheat producers were the focus of meetings and lobbying efforts this week in Washington.

Doha round negotiations are showing no sign of an immediate conclusion as the tenth year of talks continue.

The U.S. wheat industry applauded a Wednesday announcement from the Obama Administration that negotiators have reached an agreement that should speed passage of a long-pending free trade agreement with Colombia.

Members of a House Agriculture Committee subcommittee heard about the immense return on investment provided by USDA overseas market development programs at a hearing held Thursday to examine them.

Seven women seeking to learn how to become more involved in farm education and advocacy in their communities will travel to Arizona next week for the 2011 NAWG Women’s Leadership Class.

The House passed H.R. 872 by a 292 to 130 vote on Thursday, signaling strong support for removal of duplicative new permitting requirements related to pesticide applications.

The Colombian government said this week that a free trade agreement between the Latin American country and Canada could be in effect as soon as July 1, an outcome that would be devastating to U.S. wheat producers’ market share there.

Work toward a budget to fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year continued this week, with word that Republicans and Democrats might land on cutting approximately $33 billion from overall FY2010 spending, including some outlays to entitlement programs.