…million). Additional markets contributing to this growth included Mexico, Canada, Chile, Colombia and the Philippines. Variety meat export value averaged $9.78 per head slaughtered in the first half, up $2.10…
Funding to Encourage SNAP Participants to Purchase Healthy Foods
…Comprehensive Health Corporation, Whitesburg, Kentucky, $307,916 Crossroads Community Food Network, Inc., Takoma Park, Maryland, $112,403 Together We Can, North Las Vegas, Nevada, $500,000 The Fortune Society, Inc., New York City,…
Tomato Harvest Slowly Gains Momentum
…his case, his company is making use of mechanical sorters as part of the harvest work, much of which is already mechanized. “Used to be, years ago, that you’d have…
Ex-Trade Negotiator Says Trump “Misguided” on NAFTA
…snare farm exports in trade disputes. “Personally, I think it’s a misguided objective for a trade agreement,” Vetter says, “I don’t believe the trade deficit is a way of measuring…
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Proclaims National Farmers Market Week
…economy. In addition to being good for the farmers and convenient for consumers, farmers markets are a gathering place that help build a sense of community. On Friday, Aug. 11,…
Almond Board: Harvest Dust Tips
…to stage of harvest: Preharvest, Sweeping and Pickup (in English and Spanish); and Harvest Dust Tool Kit, with a key chain to measure sweeper head height, as well as window…
National Watermelon Day
…is made up of 92% water, refreshing, sweet, and is a summertime staple at picnics and outdoor cookouts? Why, yes, of course, it’s watermelon. And today is the perfect day…
Mexico Releases NAFTA Goals
…the renegotiation effort, set to begin August 16th. Mexico is also seeking greater labor market integration and a strengthening of energy security, according to Reuters. Additionally, Mexico is looking to…
Agri View: Goat Meat Demand and Consumption
…goat meat? The only place I know is to go out and buy one and butcher it yourself. That may not appeal to you. But, it might, eventually. You see,…
Mexico Names Chief NAFTA Negotiator
…Mexico’s chief technical negotiator for the talks between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, according to Politico. Ramos was previously at the trade and NAFTA office of the Mexican Embassy in…
National Peach Month
…out about 50 percent of this country’s peaches. Worldwide, China is the number one producer of peaches in the world, followed by Italy. Peaches are high in vitamins A, B…
Canada Egg Production Up Nearly 5 Percent This Year
Egg production in Canada is on the rise, increasing 4.4 percent in the last year. Statistics Canada, the nation’s statistics agency, says Canadian egg producers generated 64.5 million dozen eggs…
Perdue: No Signs Mexico Will Buy South America’s Corn, Soybeans
…them going through with the purchases, according to the Hagstrom Report. Perdue’s comments were counter to testimony the U.S. Grains Council gave to the House Agriculture Committee last week regarding…
Poultry Producers Comment on NAFTA Renegotiation Plans
…U.S Canada-Free Trade Agreement in the mid-1980’s, Canada reserved its rights, as it had under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), to limit imports of certain types of…