…it met USDA’s eligibility standards, while pointing out that Smithfield is still a U.S.-based company employing thousands of Americans and that its U.S. meat products are made in its nearly…
Trade News Has Pork Producers Feeling Optimistic
…is willing to eliminate all non-tariff barriers and embrace U.N. food-safety standards and other international standards. “NPPC will not support a deal with the U.K. unless it agrees to equivalence,…
U.S. Now has 6.5 Million Acres of Organic Certified Land
…U.S. farms certified as compliant with the USDA National Organic Program standards for organic row crop production. The total represents three percent increase from 2017, or 460 new operations across…
UN Climate Change Report Calls for Immediate Action
…more than 6,000 scientific studies. The report is meant to be a guide for world leaders to refer to when contemplating energy and emission standards. About the Author Brian German…
Court to Hear OTA Suit Against USDA Organic Livestock Rule Withdraw
…agencies decision and process to withdraw organic livestock standards. USDA in March withdrew the final Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices regulation, which was to go into effect in May. The…
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…science-based trading standards, timely review of products produced through biotechnology and gene editing and new provisions on geographic indications. “We are grateful for the progress with Mexico and Canada, and…
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on Modernizing Standards of Identity and the use of Dairy Names for Plant-Based Substitutes
…address issues related to modernizing the outdated framework for food standards to allow industry flexibility for innovation, for example to produce more healthful foods, while maintaining the basic nature, essential…
Pork Industry Commits To Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
…of standards that ultimately are accepted by the World Organization for Animal Health and the U.N.’s Codex Alimentarius Commission, the international food-safety standards-setting organization. “Developing international, science-based standards will provide…
NCBA: KORUS “Tore Down” Trade Barriers, Helped Increase Beef Exports
…of how U.S. producers benefit from trade agreements that reduce tariffs and implement science-based standards. Less than a decade ago, U.S. beef exports to South Korea were severely limited by…
USDA Secretary Working to Empower Local School Leaders and Improve the School Meal Programs
…appreciate the opportunity to discuss with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue ways the Department can simplify federal administrative requirements and help our schools continue to meet current nutrition standards…
Agri View: Florida – Georgia Water War Goes On
…water to irrigate crops, that it didn’t permit enough to flow into Florida to sustain the once thriving oyster industry. Since the Supreme Court decision, there is a new factor…
Water Works: Diverse Opposition to the State Water Proposal
…plan until November 7. If the proposed plan is approved, 40 percent unimpaired flow requirements for the Tuolumne River would be implemented by 2022. Listen to the report below….
Canada Returns to NAFTA Talks
…to renegotiate NAFTA, not strike bilateral trade deals. For agriculture, the updated agreement with Mexico included improved food safety standards, biotech approvals and no new tariffs. Source: National Association of…
Capitol Water Rally ‘Worth Your Fight’
…percent of unimpaired flows in the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced rivers is especially troubling with the ag industry also preparing for the constraints of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. “When…