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President Donald Trump plans to meet with China’s top trade negotiator Friday afternoon as the U.S. tries to forge a preliminary deal with its biggest economic rival.

President Donald Trump says he will extend a deadline to escalate tariffs on Chinese imports, citing “substantial progress” in weekend talks between the two countries.

No funding for border wall, but lawmakers will discuss border security in weeks ahead

Calls to the Wisconsin Farm Center, which helps distressed farmers, were up last year, including a 33 percent increase in November and December compared to the same two months the previous year.

All USDA county Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices reopened today amid the partial government shutdown now in its fifth week.

USDA has extended the deadline for MFP applications.

President Trump brought his fight to build a border wall to the 100th Annual Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) annual meeting in New Orleans, La. on Monday.

While general polls peg President Donald Trump’s approval rating in the low forties, the latest Farm Journal Pulse on the president’s approval shows solid support among those in agriculture.

President Donald Trump signed H.R. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill, in a ceremony at USDA Thursday afternoon.

The 2018 Farm Bill quickly and easily crossed its first hurdle today as the Senate approved the measure on a 87 to 13 vote a day after the final conference report was made public.