…of USDA Week in Review includes honoring military veterans, apples going back to China, and recognizing the value of USDA employees. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.flickr.com/usdagov www.aphis.usda.gov www.fas.usda.gov…
County Rules Help to Reduce Theft of Walnuts
…99 percent of the commercially grown walnuts in the United States, and we are No. 2 in the world. China is No. 1 in production, we think, but we can…
USDA Reopens Chinese Market Access for California Citrus
…Chinese market due to interceptions of brown rot (Phytophthora syringae), a soil fungus that affects stored fruit. Over the next year, USDA worked with China to address China’s plant health…
China Reopens Doors for CA Citrus
China has reopened the doors for California citrus. Sabrina Hill has more. China to allow CA citrus It’s a story we’ve been following at AgNet West. China stopped allowing citrus…
Froman ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About TTIP Talks
…using the ban as a trade barrier as the U.S. has had ongoing issues over beta agonist use. Froman says the trade agenda also includes moving China to approve the…
Global Food Safety Agreement Signed by China and UC Davis
…Safety in China. The signing ceremony was held in the city of Yingchuan, China, during a meeting between high-level officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and China’s Ministry of…
Hong Kong Market Reopens for U.S. Beef
…low risk of BSE. There has never been a recorded case of BSE transmission to a human through American beef. While Hong Kong is officially part of China, it serves…
CA Citrus Could Go Back to China
…County, where they will visit packinghouses and groves. China stopped accepting citrus from California just over a year ago, citing worries about the citrus disease brown rot. China was the…
SJV Weekly Cotton Market Review
…were lower. No forward contracting or domestic mill activity was reported. Agents for mills in China and Thailand bought a moderate volume of 2013-crop cotton for June and July shipment….
New Report Says PEDv Will Cause “Significant Shortfall”
…the U.S. have indicated a close relationship with strains in China. What is clear is that once the virus enters a region, it can spread quite easily and rapidly throughout…
A Collaboration to Bring U.S. Goods to Chinese Marketplace
…in China and also says e-commerce is becoming a valuable tool to promote and sell our nation’s food goods in China. A Collaboration to Bring U.S. Goods to Chinese Marketplace…
China Needs More Than Technology to be a Top Ag Producer
China is now the world’s second largest importer of food and agricultural products, but what would it take for China to become a huge exporter? Gary Crawford has the story….
Why China is Stockpiling More Cotton and Soybeans
Fred Gale, USDA China analyst, explaining why China is importing more and more soybeans and cotton, even as its stockpiles of those commodities are growing rapidly. Why China is Stockpiling…
What Will Happen to China’s Growing and Huge Cotton Stockpile?
Why is China continuing to import more and more cotton, while building huge stockpiles of its domestically produced cotton? Hers is Gary Crawford. What Will Happen to China’s Growing and…