…Working with officials in Canada and Mexico on a North American coordinated approach to ASF defense, response, and trade maintenance; Working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at ports of…
Farm Bureau Calls for Quick Resolution on China Trade
…agreements with Mexico, Canada, Japan and the European Union. “Our agricultural trade surplus previously has been a tremendous success story for the U.S.,” Duvall told the President. “We hope to…
Western Hemisphere Agriculture Leaders on Food Security and Ag Trade
…on the basis of sound science and risk analysis principles. Following the meeting, top agricultural officials from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the United States issued the following statement. “Together,…
Cattle Industry’s Beef Quality Assurance Program Develops, Distributes Extensive National Manual
…124-page manual addresses topics such as food safety, animal well-being, worker safety and environmental stewardship. It provides specific information to help producers approach management decisions in a way that acknowledges…
The Western View: Peg Leg’s Legendary Gold
…a man called Peg Leg Smith. Smith left Missouri in 1820 on a two-year expedition among the Sioux and Osage Indians. Then, in 1824, he went to New Mexico…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 05-03-19
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show is filled with stories covering trade with China, Mexico, and Canada. Two reports on…
USDA Opens Application Portal for New ReConnect Rural Broadband Infrastructure Program
…be announced later this year. For additional information about the ReConnect program, see page 5981 of the February 25, 2019, Federal Register (PDF, 230 KB) and page 64315 of the Dec. 14,…
2018 Had the Lowest Wine Export Value in Six Years
…wine exports, increasing nearly 60 percent over the past ten years. “We have made critical progress on trade agreements with the UK, Mexico, and Canada, and we continue to advocate…
More California Asparagus Acres Going Under
…the price that the state’s asparagus producers need to survive. “(Mexico’s) cost of production is around $30 a box, and ours is around $55. The retailers do not want to…
Study Sheds Light on Major Disease in Roses
…study’s lead author is Gabriel Otero-Colina, from the Colegio de Postgraduados in Texcoco, Mexico. He was a visiting scientist at the ARS microscopy unit. Gary Bauchan, who is director of the…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 04-05-19
…industry, the comment period closing up on the new agriculture nighttime operations standard and the potential impacts to the California agriculture industry if the U.S. Mexico border were to close…
Make the Border Wall an Asset not a Liability
Back when I was growing up in a small town on the Rio Grande, the border with Mexico was just a line in the sand – sometimes a barb wire…
USDA Launches New Farmers.gov Features to Help with H2A Applications, Managing Loans
…Process: Focused on education and smaller owner-operators, this farmers.gov H-2A Phase I release includes an H-2A Visa Program page and interactive checklist tool, with application requirements, fees, forms, and a…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 04-03-19
…Mexico border gets closed, retroactive enrollment for MPP that is available for dairy producers and you’ll get the details from the final snowpack reading. Tune in to the show for…
