…Plate of the Union campaign with Food Policy Action Education Fund. Studies show that organic diets can reduce children’s exposures to pesticides, specifically protecting them from organophosphate pesticides, which are…
NFU Approves of Bill Adding USDA to Foreign Investment Committee
The National Farmers Union is supporting a bill that would add the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Committee on Foreign…
EU Pushing for Free Trade Agreements in Asia-Pacific Region
The European Union is pushing for free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region. The EU is aggressively moving forward on free trade talks in the region, and the National Pork…
Fresno County Farm and Nutrition Day this Week
…Schools Burrel Union Elementary Burrel Union Caruthers Unified Caruthers Central Unified Biola-Pershing Clovis Unified Fort Washington, Tarpey Fresno Unified Ayer, Easterby, Kirk, Lane, Leavenworth, Olmos, Williams, Wolters Kerman Unified Goldenrod,…
Put COOL Into NAFTA Negotiations
An open markets advocate told the National Farmers Union’s political action committee that Donald Trump should make it a goal to re-establish country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for beef and pork during…
Tennessee HPAI Not Linked to China HPAI
…through a ventilation fan. 27 nations, along with the European Union, have temporarily blocked poultry imports from Lincoln County, Tennessee, and the site of a low pathogenic avian influenza outbreak,…
National Farmers Union Cautions Against Health Care Changes
The National Farmers Union is urging caution against potential impacts federal health care reforms may have in rural America. The Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare,…
Farmers Union Hosting 115th Convention
The National Farmers Union (NFU) 115th convention is underway in San Diego, California. More than 450 NFU members are at the event this week. Attendees will hear from two high-level…
NFU: Trump Building Positive Record on Renewable Fuels
Stressing the need for certainty around the administration’s support for the renewable fuels industry, the National Farmers Union recognized the Donald Trump Administration’s growing positive record in support of renewable…
Dow / DuPont Deal on Track in E.U.; Chem China / Syngenta Extended
A Dow Jones report says the Dow and DuPont merger deal looks good for regulatory approval from European Union regulators. People familiar with the deal tell Dow Jones that the…
$1 Trillion Free-Trade Agreement Now In Force
…Nicaragua, Niger, Belize, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, China, Liechtenstein, Lao PDR, New Zealand, Togo, Thailand, the European Union (on behalf of its 28 member states), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,…
Bayer CEO Confident Monsanto Deal Will Close by Years’ End
…Monsanto would overcome any regulatory obstacles and close by the end of the year, despite delays with U.S. and European antitrust authorities, according to a report by Dow Jones. Bauman…
Agri View: Avian Flu
…I should say it is over there because it has not been found in America yet. It is mostly in Asian and European countries. Japan and South Korea in the…
EU To Begin Trade Talks with China
The European Union is getting set to talk trade with China in April or May. European officials told Reuters the goal is to promote free trade and international cooperation in…