Opening Statement: Ranking Member David Rouzer (NC-7) Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Public Hearing:  “Reviewing the State of the Dairy Economy” Remarks as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Chairman Costa, for holding this hearing to focus on the state…

I’m Mary Walden with economist MW welcoming you to the economic perspective.  Today’s program looks at recession worries receding.   Mike, the latest national jobs report for March was relatively strong and seems to have changed many minds about whether a…

Representative Rick Crawford of Arkansas is seeking the top Republican seat on the House Agriculture Committee after the 2020 election. Crawford told the Arkansas Farm Bureau last week that if the Republicans win control of the House, he will run…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the trade negotiations with China have entered the final stages and hopes the next couple rounds of trade talks with China will bring a deal or a decision to “move on.” The U.S. and China…

President Donald Trump said agriculture will be a focal point in trade talks with Japan as farmers are hoping a deal with Japan will make up for lost market access after the U.S. withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Before meeting…

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2019 – USDA extended the deadline to May 17 from May 1 for agricultural producers to certify 2018 crop production for payments through the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), which helps producers who have been significantly affected by…

This is Mary Walden with economist MW welcoming you to the economic perspective. Today’s program looks at an update on the gender pay gap.  Recently the nation observed “pay equity day,” a day that notices how much less, on average,…