…Asia as well as Latin America. Free trade agreements also opened world markets, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement providing greater access to Mexico. Reforms in China made…
Conservation Districts to Lead Record 25 RCPP Projects in 2017
…project partners to implement a strategic project with enduring and impactful outcomes.” The Claunch-Pinto Soil and Water Conservation District (CPSWCD) in New Mexico will use nearly $1 million in RCPP…
CA Produce Shows Low or No Pesticide Residue
…and limes from Mexico; and spinach and kale from the United States. If DPR finds produce with illegal residues, it quickly works to remove it from the chain of distribution…
USDA Awards $3.4 Million for Research to Increase Wheat Yields
…India; Mexico’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; France’ Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique;…
The California Kitchen: Tamales
…Cup Vegetable Shortening 1/2 Cup Water 1 T Salt 3 T Vegetable Oil 1/2 lb New Mexico Chiles 1 Spanish Onion Diced medium 10 Oz Pork shoulder 3/4 QT Beef…
Poinsettia Day
…plant and sent cuttings from Southern Mexico back to his home in South Carolina. Some 175 years later, the House of Representatives created Poinsettia Day, to honor Paul Ecke Jr.,…
Improving Water Quality in High-Priority Watersheds
…areas such as the Mississippi River basin, Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes. Since 2009, USDA has invested more than $29 billion to help producers make conservation improvements,…
USDA Surveying Sheep Operations
…for sheep and lambs pertain to animals on the total acres operated, regardless of ownership except for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. In…
Dairy Exports to Increase by $500 Million in 2017
…USDA does expect dairy imports into America to rise $200 million in the coming year. The top three U.S. agricultural trading partners are China, Canada, and Mexico. However, trade is…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…gets cheaper, then it tends to cause more of their products to come into the United States,” Strahm said, “and since we’re competing with Mexico on the same market, the…
Businesses Join Agriculture in Fretting Over Trump Anti-Trade Talks
…imposing a 45 percent tariff on Mexico and China, impacts include replacing Boeing aircraft orders by Airbus, U.S. auto and iPhone sales will suffer a setback, and for agriculture, U.S….
More Cattle Culling Planned in Canada Amid Bovine TB
…organism found so far in the probe is different from strains previously discovered in Canada. It is, however, “closely related” to a strain originating from cattle in central Mexico in…
Mexico Prepared to Modernize NAFTA, Wants Guest-Worker System
An ambassador of Mexico says the nation is prepared to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement and seeks to restart a guest-worker system. Mexico says restarting the guest-worker system…
Research to Support Healthy Agroecosystems
…$499,094 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, $439,966 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, $ 375,000 The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, $471,324 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New…