…U.S. government in January 2015 reopened its borders but limited imports of Irish beef to intact product. The decision allows both sides to approve Irish beef plants to export beef…
Agri View: Money Crops
…outlet for less than 20 percent of overall U.S. fruit and tree nut supplies while nearly half of the available supplies for domestic consumption come from imports. ERS monitors fruit…
Saudi Arabia Opening to U.S. Beef
…First Thing Today says the country will immediately allow beef imports from cattle less than 30 months old. After a phase-in period, imports will expand to include beef products from…
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
…have been mitigated by the large supplies from the Southeast and lower prices for off-season imports this winter. Mid-May hailstorms likely dampened earlier crop prospects in California. California’s 2016 dried…
Food Security
…interpreted as ”projected imports” as the difference may be reduced or eliminated by imports and/or improvements in agricultural productivity. The model estimates per capita food consumption and evaluates that against…
Cuba Wants Credit to Increase Food Production
Cuba’s agriculture minister says the country wants to increase food production to cut food imports in half, but needs funds to make that goal happen. Cuba currently imports $2 billion…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…U.S. agricultural imports from Japan exceeded $565 million in 2013. Meats are the largest component of Japan’s agricultural imports-about 20 percent in recent years. Japan imports large quantities of pork,…
Agri View: Different Crops
…of overall U.S. fruit and tree nut supplies while nearly half of the available supplies for domestic consumption come from imports. Read more. From: The Harris Poll Comfort Foods, Sickbed…
Agri View: Favorite Seafood
Everett Griner talks about the U.S. banning seafood imports in today’s Agri View. Favorite Seafood From: New York Daily News Obama bans U.S. imports of goods produced by slavery, child…
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…to market their supplies. After this action, there was no surplus beet allotment to reassign to raw cane sugar imports. USDA is closely monitoring sugar production, stocks, consumption, imports, and…
Agri View: Weather Losses
…world seeks to feed nine billion people by 2050. U.S. agriculture exists as part of the global economy and agricultural exports have outpaced imports as part of the overall balance…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…will help stabilize pricing, but we’re going to see more imports to make up for the shortfall,” Thompson said. “One good thing is we have a fair amount of inventory…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…killing off entire populations of ranched animals. However, once the ban on ostrich imports was lifted by the South African government, the US, New Zealand, and Australia began a 30…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
…announced a three percent duty on all U.S. cotton fiber imports into Turkey. This action follows the country’s unfounded investigation into whether U.S. cotton was dumped into Turkey, an allegation…