Even though the first trade deal with China has been signed, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says he still expects U.S. farmers to get a third-round of 2019 trade aid payments. USDA hasn’t officially announced if and when the farmers would get those paym... Read More

Carrie Horazeck is the graduate teaching assistant for the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship program. One of her roles in the program is to teach modules around innovation, foresight, and consumer insight for all levels of entrepreneurs. "I ... Read More

The Trump administration is taking another step toward dismantling Michelle Obama's school nutrition guidelines, proposing a new rule that could lead to more pizza and fries and less fruit and a smaller variety of vegetables on school menus. Agric... Read More

President Donald Trump took a victory lap as he addressed farmers about a pair of new U.S. trade agreements with its North American neighbors and with China. When Trump spoke to the American Farm Bureau Federation's convention last year, he urged ... Read More

Earlier today, Bonnie Duvall, wife of American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall, lost her courageous battle with cancer.  American Farm Bureau Vice President Scott VanderWal released the following statement “It is with deep sadness that I shar... Read More

Good Friday morning! This week was all about trade as news broke on China and USMCA. Find out what's in the agreements and impact on the markets. Here's the weekly roundup of the agriculture news the Rural Radio Network team has been working on: ... Read More

Susan Littlefield sits down with Jeff Peterson of Heartland Farm Partners to  talk about market reaction to the Phase One deal.  What details he found encouraging and those that caused concern. https://youtu.be/rCqjkp--jnU...... Read More

Why have the markets been down so much since the phase one trade deal came out? What are some of the details of the trade deal that you found encouraging? Are there parts of the trade deal that concern you? What does the market focus on now going for... Read More

Nebraska Corn Statement:  The future of Nebraska’s corn industry is bright following the Senate’s passage of the much-anticipated trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada. The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) and the Nebraska Corn ... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, a member of Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement today after the Senate passed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): “Nebraska’s families, ag producers, and manufactu... Read More