The Almond Board of California (ABC) has seen remarkable success in the Own Your Prime campaign with Coach Prime, Deion Sanders. ABC’s Marketing Director for North America and China, Laura…
Commodity Groups Object to Petition Related to Duties on Herbicides
Six major commodity groups oppose Corteva Agribusiness’s petition for antidumping and countervailing duties on 2,4-D imports from India and China. The organizations argue that such duties could restrict farmers’ access…
Recent Report Highlights Trade Barriers for U.S. Agriculture
…like China and India, where agricultural trade faces hurdles due to non-science-based policies and slow approval processes for biotech products. The report also mentions issues with fulfilling commitments, as seen…
Vilsack Urges Toning Down Anti-China Rhetoric, Citing Farm Exports
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack suggests the U.S. needs to tone down its anti-China rhetoric or else billions in U.S. farm exports to China could be on the chopping block… From…
California Citrus Farmers Anticipate a Good Year Despite Several Challenges
…provided by irrigation districts. INTERNATIONAL MARKET International competitors in Egypt, South Africa, China, and other countries are taking away the demand for California citrus, and these competitors are meeting the…
Good Trade Relations with China Critical for U.S. Pistachios
…markets. “The biggest one by far is China and Hong Kong,” said Brittney Goodrich, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist of Agricultural and Resource Economics with UC Davis. “Maintaining those good trade…
AgNet News Hour, Wednesday, 03-06-24
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Sabrina Halvorson. In today’s show learn why maintaining good trade relations with China is imperative for California pistachios…
RAPP a 2023 ‘Success’
…good that we’re selling that much product to China, but I think we’re all a little nervous that if China goes and invades Taiwan, or if we have another trade…
Expert Says Ag Trade Needs Improvement
…record exports to China. “We exported last year roughly forty billion dollars’ worth of ag trade, about nineteen percent of our total went to China,” he said. “So, we sold…
Ag Groups Express Concern Over Trade Relations with China
…ties and diminishes China’s global influence. As the House Select Committee on China finalizes its report, the coalition is urging the committee not to recommend revoking China’s PNTR status. The…
Increasing Market Opportunities for California Pistachios
…be the largest export destination for U.S. pistachios, despite a negligible decline in shipments. Matoian noted that China and Hong Kong had been the number-one export destinations for a time….
USDA: Lower Income Countries Spend More on Food
…about 22.5 percent of budgets was spent on food. In emerging markets such as Brazil, India, and China, where incomes are rising, the share of discretionary income spent on nonfood…
World Food Prices Lower in August
…rising production, together with a slowdown in the pace of imports by China, although import volumes remained relatively high. Skim milk powder prices fell to their lowest level since mid-2020…
Group Wants More Aggressive Work on Trade Deals
…Africa and South America. There are countries all over the world where we don’t have free trade agreements,” he said. “And the scary thing is, China is out negotiating free…