President Donald Trump’s plan to implement a 20 percent tax on all goods imported from Mexico would likely harm agriculture and consumers alike.
January Cattle and Calves on Feed Review
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.6 million head on January 1, 2017. …
Japan Hesitant to Invite China into TPP
Japan isn’t enthusiastic about inviting China into a pacific-rim trade deal abandoned by the U.S.A., fearing increased clout from Beijing and loosening the standards on what it calls “the gold …
Pacific Region Poultry and Egg Production Report
California Egg Production California’s egg production during December totaled 302.2 million, up 17 million from November’s production and up 13 million from December 2015. The all layers during the month …
Ag Groups Want NAFTA Gains Preserved
The Hagstrom Report says 133 food and agriculture industry groups sent a letter to President Donald Trump this week urging him to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, while …
TPP is Out; So Now What?
The United States is officially out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as most expected would happen. So now what? California Farm Bureau Federation President (CFBF) Paul Wenger said work needs …
TPP Member Nations Seek to Save Trade Agreement
Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations are hoping to salvage the trade deal after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement by executive order.
Ag Reacts to Trump TPP Move
He said he would do it, and now President Trump has taken the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, and the North American Free Trade Agreement …
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) urged the Trump Administration not to retreat from pursuing new trade opportunities in the Pacific Rim, and …
AFBF Pres. Duvall Re: Importance of Trade to U.S. Agriculture
“U.S. agriculture creates jobs and supports economic growth in rural America, and American agriculture depends on maintaining and increasing access to markets outside the United States. Trade is vital to …
Cattlemen Express Concerns With Trump Administration’s Trade Action
“Sparking a trade war with Canada, Mexico, and Asia will only lead to higher prices for American-produced beef in those markets,” NCBA Says Tracy Brunner, President of the National Cattlemen’s …
Canada Exporters Fretting Over Import Tax Proposal
Exporters in Canada are scrambling to avoid a potential 10 percent import tax promised by new U.S. President Donald Trump.
Business, Agriculture Pressing Trump to Salvage TPP
Business interests, along with agriculture groups, want the new administration to reconsider the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal incoming President Donald Trump vowed to drop on “day one” once in …
2017 California Processing Tomato Report
Tomato Processors Expect to Contract 11.6 Million Tons in 2017 The USDA-NASS Pacific Regional Office surveyed California’s tomato processors for their intended contract acreage and tonnage for the upcoming 2017 …