…States and Canada (because of fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE) essentially restricted beef trade to Australia and New Zealand (see Beef Imports in the Issues and Analysis chapter)….
2016 GEELA Awards
…voluntary achievements culminated in 2015. Competition is open to all California residents, businesses, nonprofit organizations, professional and trade associations, communities, state and local government entities, tribes, and federal agencies operating…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…urged passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement with 12 Pacific Rim countries that would expand trade opportunities for California agriculture (see related story, U.S. farm exports would gain…
Agri View: Different Crops
…current and upcoming marketing year. The United States is a major player in the world corn trade market, with between 10 and 20 percent of the corn crop exported to…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule Would Wipe Out TPP Benefits
…would move forward with new GIPSA rules. On the TPP Agreement, Hill told the committee that NPPC strongly supports the Asia-Pacific trade deal, pointing out that its benefits will exceed…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule, TPP Could Affect Producers
…vaccine bank to deal with an outbreak. Herring also reiterated NPPC’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, telling the subcommittee the benefits of TPP will exceed all past free trade agreements…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…it will be harder to improve on agricultural sustainability through reductions in the use of water, pesticides and fuel. Mooney also addressed the importance of free trade agreements that deliver…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…15.1% 14.5% ——- —- —- Net income 101 94 +6.8% Net income margin 11.8% 10.9% ———- —- —- EBITDA 172 167 +3.2% EBITDA margin 20.2% 19.2% ——- —- —- The…
International Trade Commission Report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…issued a statement following the International Trade Commission’s report on the TPP. The IDFA says it applauds the release of the ITC’s investigation, which it calls an “important step forward…
Agri View: Consumers Choice
…to trade down to it from more expensive beef items during the 2009-2010 recession. They began to eat more pork and chicken, especially as their production increased and thus became…
Almond Board: Introducing Almond Alliance of California
…out where ABC and AAC intersect and where they operate independently. Covello explained, “Our Memorandum of Agreement with the Almond Board of California empowers us to pick up where ABC…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…a U.S. delay in approving – or even a rejection of – the trade agreement, pointing out that other countries are negotiating free trade deals in the Asia-Pacific region, including…
USDEC, NMPF Respond to International Trade Commission
…U.S. dairy industry based on its improvements to the rules of the road governing trade among the 12 signatories. In addition, although the market access portion of the agreement fell…
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico (Dec. 19, 2014, 79 FR 78044). To ensure that this is the type of sugar for which there is an…