…Sonny Perdue: Year One page or on the image below. The website also features an interview with Secretary Perdue where he discusses his first year as Secretary and his vision…
USDA Under Secretary Ted McKinney meets with California Agricultural Trade Groups
…export destinations for the state include: European Union ($3.4 billion); Canada ($3.3 billion); China ($2 billion); Japan ($1.4 billion) and Mexico ($1 billion). The meeting underscored California’s commitment to international…
Sorghum Prices Falls Three Times Lower After China Tariff Announcement
Grain-handling company Scoular tells Bloomberg that sorghum bids in the Gulf of Mexico have all but disappeared in the wake of a Chinese decision to impose a 179 percent tariff…
NAFTA Ministers Back in Washington D.C. After Short Turnaround
…warned that the U.S. might make stricter immigration laws in Mexico “a condition of the new NAFTA agreement.” Mexico quickly dismissed the idea, saying it would be unacceptable to condition…
Rabobank: Challenges Ahead for U.S. Global Pork Trade
…countries. Rabobank says the most critical piece of the puzzle is successfully renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, as 40 percent of all U.S. pork exports go to Mexico…
Mexico/European Union Reach Trade Deal
…“practically all goods” traded between EU members and Mexico. The EU and Mexico said last year they would upgrade their trade talks to update the agreement they signed back in…
Comprehensive New NAFTA Coming Soon
Negotiators from Mexico, the U.S., and Canada are still pushing hard to get a “comprehensive” new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in place. Politico says negotiators from the three…
Wildfire Aid Amendment Included in Farm Bill Proposal
…fires in northwest Oklahoma have burned more than 350,000 acres since April 12. Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado have all been dealing with smaller wildfires over the past few…
Universities Create FedbyScience Initiative
…participating universities include Colorado State, Cornell, Iowa State, Kansas State, Michigan State, New Mexico State, North Carolina State, Purdue, Texas A&M, the University of California-Davis, the University of Florida, the…
Pence: “Very Close” to Renegotiated NAFTA
…part in bilateral meetings during the event with Canada and Mexico. The comments from Pence echo those from a Mexican trade official last week, who speculated that an agreement could…
Argentina Market Now Open To U.S. Pork
…than 44 million and a per capita income of $17,250 – higher than Mexico’s – making it an attractive market for U.S. pork. Iowa State University economist Dermot Hayes has…
Agri View: Okra, a Different Kind of Vegetable
…I got surprise. A three page informational sheet on okra. A lot of people don’t even know what okra is. Well, it is a vegetable grown in the South. It’s…
Groups React to Farm Bill Proposal
…The programs are consolidated as the International Market Development Program. Click here for more information on the farm bill, including highlights, a summary and full text of the 600-page legislation….
USDA Proposes to Update Branding Requirements for Cattle from Mexico
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to update its branding requirements for cattle entering the United States from Mexico. The…
