…tons in 2020. The Asian-Pacific region is expected to be the largest regional market for beef. Growing disposable incomes in China and increasing demand for beef should be a key…
Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board Appointments Named
…Bill McLaren, Pacific, Mo.; Lynda Joyce Grande, Columbus, Mont.; Torri Ortiz Lienemann, Princeton, Neb.; Herbert B. Rhodes, Omaha, Neb.; Rich Brown, Port Byron, N.Y.; James M. Schmidt, Menoken, N.D.; Kathryn…
Conservation Districts to Lead Record 25 RCPP Projects in 2017
Over $46 million in federal funds will be awarded to 25 district-led conservation projects through the USDA Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) in 2017, setting a program record for conservation…
USDA Invests in Innovative Conservation Partnerships
…in federal funding as part of the USDA’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). In addition, partners have proposed to contribute up to an additional $500 million to improve the nation’s…
Panera Makes Animal Welfare Pledge for Broilers
Panera announced it will be adopting practices outlined in the Global Animal Partnership’s Broiler Chicken Standard. A CNBC Dot Com article says the non-profit organization created a five-step program it…
Protecting Natural Resources Through Joint Chiefs’ Partnership
…Landscape Restoration Partnership website. Alaska – Prince of Wales Island Landscape Restoration Partnership (Tongass National Forest) $490,197 (Forest Service $392,197 NRCS $98,000) California – Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration Project…
EU and Japan Finalizing Free Trade Agreement Talks
…withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, according to Reuters. The European Union over the weekend said the free-trade deal with Japan is possible by early next year if Japan…
Former U.S. Trade Official Says TPP Likely to Resurface
A former U.S. trade official says the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not really dead and could resurface during President-elect Donald Trump’s term. Wendy Cutler, a former acting deputy U.S. Trade Representative,…
Alternate Asian Trade Pact Gains Traction
Talks are picking up on the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, which is being pushed by China as an alternative to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Talks began to pick…
E.U.-Canada Trade Deal In Trouble Again
…deal in rocky waters. CETA has been called a test model for an even more controversial trade agreement between the U.S. and Europe, called the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership….
President Signs Water Bill with Drought Provisions
…important partnership has helped us achieve a careful balance based on existing state and federal law. It is essential that it not be undermined by anyone who seeks to override…
Freedom Caucus Wants Nutrition Rules Overturned
…Items not on the list to overturn include the FDA’s near-ban of trans fat, policies intended to limit antibiotic use in agriculture, the Food Safety Modernization Act rules, and new…
USDA Awards $3.4 Million for Research to Increase Wheat Yields
…Yield Partnership (IWYP) program, part of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). “Wheat delivers a significant amount of daily nutrients for American families and people around the world, “said…
Wheat Growers Welcome Actions on China Trade
…that TRQs fill every year, but it has established rules regarding transparency and administration that are intended to facilitate the use of TRQs. “When you consider that China’s domestic wheat…