…web page. Previous projects funded through the Organic Transitions Program include a multi-state, trans-disciplinary project led by the University of Maryland to improve the management of soils in transitional and…
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
…His comments come in response to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to renegotiate NAFTA. Those efforts, according to Mexico, could include renaming NAFTA and educating citizens of both countries on…
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…
Central Valley Supports Food Supply Chains
…to Table Program in Kentucky; the Conservation Fund in North Carolina; Common Market in Georgia; Rocky Mountain Farmers Union in Colorado; La Montañita in New Mexico; Fair Food Philadelphia; Metro…
Odd Turkey Facts
…exactly what do you really know about that bird. For example: did you know all turkey species originated in Mexico? Or that people have been eating turkeys for hundreds, even…
Japan PM Says TPP Meaningless Without U.S.
…plans to lobby other signatories to the pact, but declined to elaborate. Also this week, officials from Mexico said at least six countries, including Japan, plan to move forward on…
Turkey Sector: Background & Statistics
…projections are reported in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, and historical data are available on the ERS Livestock and Meat Domestic Data web page. U.S. turkey per…
COOL Not on the Agenda for Trump
…Trump’s plan for his first 100 days in office highlighted a provision to potentially include COOL in a renegotiation of NAFTA. Farm groups from Canada threatened trade retaliation if COOL…
