Latest News From John Herath

A second bill to change the H-2A guest worker program has been introduced in the House. This version would move oversight from the Department of Labor to USDA.

USDA will move forward with $20 per acre payments for price-trigger crops outlined in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) round three with checks going out starting in April.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) says she supports the Biden Administration’s move to freeze payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).

USDA late Wednesday posted notice that $2.3 billion in supplemental Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) payments will be temporarily frozen.

The coronavirus aid package approved by Congress overnight Monday provides $13 billion in ag funding, much of it destined for sectors left out of previous aid packages.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson lost his bid to retain the seventh district House seat in Minnesota, losing to the state’s former lieutenant governor, republican Michelle Fischbach.

The National Restaurant Association is asking for help from agriculture to lobby Congress for changes in coronavirus aid legislation.

Podcast looks at the growing interest in meat alternatives in fast food.

Will extended spring flooding impact the markets?

Jim Chilton didn’t expect to find himself face-to-face with President Donald Trump, much less on a stage in front of more than 7,000 farmers and ranchers.

The 2018 farm bill was brought down by the Freedom Caucus in a House vote Friday.

Colin Woodall of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association says the threat of the Trump Administration withdrawing from NAFTA and KORUS is very real on today's AgriTalk.

Florida Farm Bureau is working to assess farm damage from Hurricane Irma.