…were produced in the states of Georgia, New Mexico and Texas (NASS, 2015). Marketing Channels Currently the pecan industry is working to establish a Federal Marketing Order (FMO) to successfully…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
Dairy Organizations Lament Impact of Canada’s Barriers to Dairy Trade as North American Summit Begins The United States, Canada and Mexico kicked off the North American Leaders’ Summit in Ottawa….
Agri View: Pork Exports
…volume to Mexico, Japan and South Korea were below last year during the same time period. Development and relationship-building programs are working toward regaining lost market share due to the…
Cage Free Egg
…deadline 2025 for all its locations in Canada, the US and Mexico. In March, PepsiCo committed to 2020 for sourcing only cage-free eggs in North America and 2025 for all…
NPPC President Weber Talks Exports, TPP on Capital Hill
…the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, which account for nearly 40 percent of global GDP. Weber pointed out to…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., $2,888,979 New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association, Santa Fe, N.M., $2,001,198 Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc., New York, N.Y., $3,378,965 The grants support creative…
Bats and Agriculture
…plants are useful to people, including a species of agave that is the source of tequila, a multimillion-dollar industry in Mexico. Bat guano has traditionally been used as fertilizer for…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule Would Wipe Out TPP Benefits
…in late 2008 and concluded last October, is a regional trade agreement that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule, TPP Could Affect Producers
…a regional trade deal that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, which account for nearly 40 percent of…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…to build six new biorefineries to produce advanced biofuels in Louisiana, Georgia, Oregon, Nevada, North Carolina, and Iowa, in addition to three existing facilities in New Mexico, Michigan and Florida…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…which were initiated in late 2008 and concluded last October, is a regional trade deal that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,…
Funding for Bioeconomy Research and Development
…North Carolina, and Iowa, in addition to three existing facilities in New Mexico, Michigan and Florida previously supported. USDA has also worked to strengthen markets for biobased products. Approximately 2,500…
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…expected to be imported from Mexico pending the approval of the Department of Commerce. The overall fiscal 2016 U.S. raw sugar tariff-rate quota is now 1,371,497 STRV. The Office of…
Bison Officially the National Mammal of the U.S.
…conservation success stories of all time. In prehistoric times, millions of bison roamed North America — from the forests of Alaska and the grasslands of Mexico to Nevada’s Great Basin…