With both Candidates for President openly against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the trade deal could be facing an increasing uphill battle towards getting congressional approval. At the Democratic National Convention…
Greenhouse Opens, Aids ACP Fight
…taking hold in California,” said Joel Nelsen, president of the citrus grower’s trade association California Citrus Mutual and presenter at the ribbon-cutting event. “Huanglongbing is a death sentence for our…
Mexican Ethanol Producers Set Sights on Sorghum
Ethanol producers from Mexico are considering the use of sorghum for production of the biobased fuel. The U.S. Grains Council recently hosted a trade team of Mexican ethanol producers in…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…proposes eliminating EPA in its current form. Dropped from the 2016 platform was any mention of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. A draft document urged Congress not to “rush”…
Ag Groups Fear Anti-trade Talk at RNC
Farmers and agriculture groups all fear anti-trade talk at this week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland. They are also looking for the presumptive nominee to keep pushing for reform of…
U.S. Breweries Ride Labeling Wave
…Anheuser-Busch, Heineken USA, and Miller-Coors. The Beer Institute is the trade group that represents the nation’s largest brewers, and they’ll voluntarily begin applying labeling standards in an industry that has…
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Deal Goes to A Vote
A free trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine was signed on Monday and will go to a vote in the parliaments of both countries for approval. AgCanada says the deal…
Women-In-Ag Trade Mission to the Far East in September
…more women to step up into leadership roles within the industry and inspire the next generation of women to do the same thing. A Women in Ag-led trade mission to…
Funding for Farmworker Housing
…non-existent utility bills. The complex recently received a Gold Nugget Award of excellence at the PCBC (Pacific Coast Builders Conference) home-building trade show. Learn other states housing funding through USDA….
IndexBox Marketing: Orange Market In Crisis
…the end of 2015, which also affected trade volumes. However, this decline in fresh orange trade in 2014 was caused by political and economic reasons, not the weather or tree…
MAIZALL, USTR Urge Cooperation on Biotech Trade
…negotiator at the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, asked for the countries to work together on trade barriers related biotechnology in a speech during the event. MAIZALL is a coalition of…
Agri View: Money Crops
…and tree nut markets and provide the following: Current and historical data on supply, use, value, prices, and trade for the sector and for individual commodities; Outlook reports and interactive…
New Proposal Eases Cuba Travel Burden
The Department of Transportation Thursday proposed to select eight U.S. airlines to begin scheduled flights between the United States and Cuba. While not directly impacting agricultural trade between the two…
Almond Board: Prepare for Almond Conference
…is a discounted rate for conference attendees, and you can book online. With three days focused on hot topics like water and bees, a trade show with more than 250…