Governors from across the U.S. and leaders from China are converging in Lexington, Kentucky this week as part of the fifth annual U.S.-China Governors Collaboration Summit. The event, immediately following ONE19: The Alltech Ideas Conference offers a discussion on economic…

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer had kind words for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after they met this week to discuss the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. Lighthizer said that Pelosi is focusing on moving the deal forward. Senate GOP members who spoke…

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach told the House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee that an effective vaccine for the African Swine Fever Virus is at least eight years away. Ibach said the USDA is also working with Canada on…

USDA has announced the implementation of an African Swine Fever surveillance plan. Dr. Dave Pyburn, the Pork Checkoff’s senior vice president of science and technology, gives details to SFN’s Mike Davis.

Chinese purchases of Canadian soybeans have “slowed to a trickle,” according to the Financial Post. Those purchases have dropped 95 percent in the first few months of 2019 because of tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. The purchase decline comes in…