…relatively high prices. The authors interpreted this finding as a reflection of the reputation of French wine and a strong preference for European wines. This pattern of imports reversed during…
Women’s Conference Provides Management, Leadership Skills
National Farmers Union (NFU) concluded its annual Women’s Conference, marking another successful year of providing women with important skills and guidance to confidently manage risks on their farming and ranching…
Agri View: GMO Questions
…readily accept biotechnology as beneficial for their health (e.g. vaccines, medicines with improved treatment potential or increased safety). In the case of the first GM foods introduced onto the European…
Agri View: The Gourd
…species, in Asia between 12,000 and 13,000 BP, and possibly the first domesticated plant species. Gourds continued to be used throughout history, in almost every culture throughout the world. European…
NFU Recognizes Women in Agriculture
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today thanked the growing number of women in agriculture – now roughly one million strong and responsible for a $12.9 billion dollar economic…
NFU Praises Omnibus Parts, Concerned About Others
NFU Praises Parts of the Omnibus-Tax Extenders Package, Voices Concern Over Others National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson praised parts of the omnibus package that was passed today by…
NFU Frustrated by Dow/DuPont Merger
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson expressed frustration today with the announcement that Dupont and Dow Chemical announced a definitive agreement to unite their two companies into one, reducing…
COOL Update: NFU on Voluntary Labeling
Chandler Goule The National Farmers Union says repealing COOL is the wrong move and supports voluntary labeling of meat. Sabrina Hill speaks with NFU Senior Director of Programs, Chandler Goule….
Farming Simulator
…environment designed with typical Eastern-European farmland in mind, adding hundreds of new acres to the already existing European and American maps from Farming Simulator 15. This new map is filled…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…U.S. agricultural products. In 2014, Japan ranked as our fifth largest market (behind China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union) accounting for over $13 billion in U.S. agricultural exports. With…
Transportation Perspectives of U.S. International Food Aid Programs Examination
…Liberty Maritime Corporation, New Hyde Park, NY Captain John W. Murray, President and CEO, Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC, Piscataway, NJ Mr. Brian Schoeneman, Political and Legislative Director, Seafarers International Union, Washington,…
NFU Opposes Proposed Rule to Allow Beef Imports from Namibia
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today urged the administration to oppose a proposed rule that would allow beef imports from Namibia to the United States. Namibia just this…
Growth Energy Praises NCGA and NFU’s Work to Highlight the Importance of the RFS to Farm Income
This morning, the National Corn Growers Association and the National Farmers Union held a press call where they unveiled a white paper discussing the importance of the RFS and how…
NFU Vigorously Opposes TPP Without Currency Manipulation Enforcement
…to National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson: “Just as we feared, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is moving forward without any meaningful language addressing one of the chief tools used…