April 2018

The government relation updates are assembled by the business office
of the Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics.

• AAEAs Letter to "Maintain or Increase Funding for USDA Economic Research Programs in FY19"

• Jacobs-Young Announces Shanower as Acting NIFA Director

• COMMITTEE APPROVED: House Ag Committee Advances Agriculture and Nutrition Act

• Chairman Conaway Introduces the Agriculture and Nutrition Act

• China Responds to U.S. Section 301 Trade Action Announcement

• China Cares a Whole Lot About Pigs in Iowa

• Bleeding out: Is there a cure for high health care costs?

• Announcement about NIFA Director, Sonny Ramaswamy’s next steps

• Guest Commentary - Empowering Decision Support with Big Data

• China Imposes Additional Tariffs on Selected U.S. - Origin Products