Agriculture

Fast-food chains want smaller chickens for their popular sandwiches.

The Center of Agriculture and Rural Development at Iowa State University estimates tariffs have cost Iowa’s $5.2 billion-dollar soybean industry nearly $891 million in revenue.

Some farmers say there is a disconnect with what’s happening in Washington and what they need in Iowa.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has high expectations for exports since the USMCA and U.S.-China trade deals arrived.

U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses how new trade deals are impacting the dairy industry.

Under the phase one U.S.-China trade agreement, Beijing has agreed to buy between $40 billion and $50 billion in American agriculture -- roughly 25 percent of overall purchases, the secretary of agriculture said.

According to the Farm Bureau, Wisconsin farmers can use relief from the trade wars.

Although agriculture has been getting the most attention, these other three sectors will benefit from China deal, USDA trade adviser Tom Kehoe said.

Growers are concerned the government wants to use a heavy hand that could result in many crops failing required tests and being destroyed.

'On January 15 we’re signing a monster — a big beautiful monster,' Trump said

One lender said Borden had "no economic justification" for its decision.

The majority of China's pigs were destroyed by an African swine fever epidemic.

"It's got a large bipartisan support in the Senate," Trump trade adviser says.

A group of scientists and farmers in northern New England is working on a plan to feed seaweed to cows to gauge whether it can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.

Steve Mnuchin said the two countries could sign the first phase of a trade deal as soon as January.

The fictional nation from "Black Panther" was listed alongside nations such as Colombia, Guatemala and Peru.

Farmers and manufacturers welcome the "Phase One" trade deal, but say the fight to end the trade war must go on

China is set to place levies of 10 percent on more than 700 U.S. agriculture products and 5 percent tariffs on over 2,000 products if the U.S. goes forward with new duties on Chinese imports slated to hit the same day. 

Farmers have grown cautious about making major investments in new equipment.

Economists at the Farm Bureau calculated the costs of feeding a family of 10 with leftovers