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USDA-NASS Announces 2017 Census of Agriculture Response Rate, Data Release Details
…and January, respectively, to the farms that reported these activities in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. For more information about these upcoming special studies, visit www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus. The Census of Agriculture…
Secretary Perdue Statement on United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…scheme, cracks open additional access to U.S. dairy into Canada, and imposes new disciplines on Canada’s supply management system. The agreement also preserves and expands critical access for U.S. poultry…
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
CFBF: Farm Bureau Welcomes U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement The newly revised North American Free Trade Agreement, renamed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, promises to ease export of California-grown farm products, according to the…
Canada Joins Trade Accord to Replace NAFTA
…of Canada’s dairy market, valued as approximate $16 billion annually. Canada will eliminate Class 6 and Class 7 milk categories, along with associated pricing schedules for multiple milk products, shortly…
Farm Groups Keep Pressure On to Formalize Meat Definition
…topic because of “extreme consolidation in the beef, pork, and poultry industries, which has diminished the market share of family farmers and ranchers.” The letter is the second attempt by…
California Sets the Bar for Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
…states, as well as Washington, D.C., and five U.S. territories. The grants are used as a means to support the competitiveness of specialty crops such as fruits, tree nuts, vegetables,…
U.S. Will Publish NAFTA Text Friday
…to renegotiate the pact with the incoming president of Mexico. “It wouldn’t be fair to the people involved, certainly U.S. workers, farmers, and ranchers, to start a new negotiation with…
Legislators Call for NAFTA Negotiation Slowdown
…the best opportunity to come to a fair agreement on dairy exports. Representatives from Wisconsin, Washington, and New York all represent states that need open-market access to Canada in order…
AFBF: Environmental Litigation Reform Needed
…fairness, and cost. Yates also said citizen-suit provisions in many environmental laws allow for fee shifting, and those fees come out of an unlimited judgment fund pool, instead of agency…
Deadline Weekend Likely to Pass with Little Farm Bill, NAFTA Progress
…further uncertainty, the U.S. is likely to forge ahead with its handshake agreement with Mexico on NAFTA, leaving Canada behind, for now. Regarding NAFTA, dairy is one of the main…
U.S. Says Canada Not Making Needed NAFTA Concessions
…demanded changes in NAFTA, including making dairy a top priority, asking for more market access to Canada, and an end to the Class 7 product dumping on the global market….
Agri View: Importance of International Trade
…one interpretation. International means Latin America, Europe, Asia, and every other country. Now, the United States is one of the leading countries involved in this trade element. Every country is…
NPPC: Auto Import Tariffs Will Prompt More Retaliation Against American Agriculture
…affect Canada, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and at least four members of the European Union – Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom – as well as countries that supply…