Tag: Agriculture

President Donald Trump's White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, right, smiles as former Sen. Jim DeMint of the Heritage Foundation, left, applauds as President Donald Trump recognizes Kushner as he speaks about H. R. 5682, the "First Step Act" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington in November. Kushner is credited for helping spearhead the bipartisan criminal justice reform bill Trump recently signed into law.

Washington Secrets

Jared Kushner making customer service Job 1 in government

Paul Bedard · January 15, 2019 1:17 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Hemp tries to get over the hump

Steven Nelson · January 11, 2019 5:02 am

President Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 2, the "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018," in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Washington.

Trump set to talk to farmers in New Orleans as shutdown slows aid checks

Naomi Lim · January 9, 2019 11:55 pm

Romaine Lettuce still sits on the shelves as a shopper walks through the produce area of an Albertsons market Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Simi Valley, Calif. Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.

Romaine calm: CDC says E. coli outbreak is over

Vaishnavee Sharma · January 9, 2019 11:38 pm

European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom is seated for a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019.

EU takes agricultural subsidies off the table in trade talks with US

Sean Higgins · January 9, 2019 10:46 pm

A package label identifies a food product that does not contain genetically modified ingredients Friday, March 18, 2016, in Marlborough, Mass.

Beltway Confidential

The strong-arm tactics of anti-GMO zealots must be resisted

Kevin Mooney · January 9, 2019 5:54 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Trump are engaged in a high stakes trade dispute. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US-China trade talks show signs of progress

Sean Higgins · January 8, 2019 2:44 pm

A turkey vulture at the raptor center on Vancouver Island.

Magazine - Life & Arts

Sympathy for the vulture

Paul Bedard · January 4, 2019 5:01 am

Rubio introduces bill to protect Florida agriculture from Mexico

Sean Higgins · January 3, 2019 6:33 pm

A central Illinois corn farmer, on top of his combine, is silhouetted against the setting sun while harvesting corn Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have put farmers behind schedule in bringing their corn in from the fields. Illinois' corn harvest continues to lag at a pace roughly one-quarter of the average over the previous five years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest weekly update.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tariffs are wreaking havoc on farmers

Clark Packard · January 3, 2019 6:33 pm

Beltway Confidential

Africa is using America’s industrial farming techniques to get rich

Tim Worstall · December 27, 2018 8:22 pm

Donald Trump does a parody of television theme songs with Megan Mullally, of the comedy series "Will & Grace," during the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

‘Omg’: Megan Mullally shudders at Trump’s Emmys throwback celebrating farm bill

Naomi Lim · December 20, 2018 11:31 pm