Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue sees deadline on trade woes

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers spoke to a crowd of Whitman County farmers and ag suppliers at the headquarters of McGregor Co. in Colfax Monday.

Perdue made the stop as part of a "Back to Our Roots" tour of northwest states and Alaska, visiting ag facilities and meeting with local leaders, farmers and foresters.

In the process, in Colfax, he told about a hundred people of a target date of Labor Day to tamp down recent trade and tariff concerns for U.S. agriculture.

First, after a lunch provided by the McGregor Co., the gathered took seats i...