…dot com that negotiators have talked through a dozen topics but there hasn’t been much movement. However, that same source also says while progress has been slow, there haven’t been…
NAFTA Negotiators Focusing on Cars and Finances
…panels, and ending Canada’s dairy supply management program. Bloomberg says there are other topics negotiators will discuss, including telecommunications, digital trade, government procurement, investment, labor, and intellectual property. From the…
U.S. Chamber Says NAFTA Withdrawal Will Hurt States
Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Texas, and Missouri could all suffer the most severe hits to their economies if President Trump decides to pull out of the North American Free Trade…
Perdue Hears Concerns of California Farmers
…“Hopefully, I got that message clear in my comments to him. We need a more comprehensive guestworker program that will allow for portability from farm to farm, commodity to commodity,…
Celebrating National Take a Hike Day
…which including countryside, agricultural land, mountains, forests, and oceanside. Depending on where you go, you could find yourself with some magnificent 360-degree views. You can take it all in while…
Ag Coalition Stressing Importance of NAFTA
…U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer complained earlier this week about agriculture groups lobbying regarding NAFTA, saying the public comments “makes the negotiations harder.” Meanwhile, top trade officials from Canada and…
Perdue: U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record
…($6.9 billion), Hong Kong ($4 billion), Taiwan ($3.4 billion), Indonesia ($3 billion) and the Philippines ($2.6 billion). U.S. bulk commodity exports set a volume record at 159 million metric tons,…
Slight Majority of Americans Favor NAFTA
…are more likely than Democrats to say NAFTA benefits those two countries more than the U.S., and the partisan gap is especially wide when it comes to Mexico. Meanwhile, for…
Farm Bureau Survey Reveals Lowest Thanksgiving Dinner Cost in Five Years
…shopping list for Farm Bureau’s informal survey includes turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, a veggie tray, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and coffee and milk,…
U.S. Poultry Groups Applaud WTO’s Indonesian Ruling
…appeal of the panel finding, a move U.S. poultry groups say is a “resounding victory.” The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council, National Chicken Council, and National Turkey Federation echoed…
NAFTA Talks Again Underway
…(11/14/2017). Much of the two-day prelude to the official talks are expected to focus on textiles, labor, cross-border trade and intellectual property. There’s little expectation of talks regarding agriculture, at…
USDA Research to Support Environmentally-Friendly Pesticides, Reduction of Methyl Bromide
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Water Managers Prepare for New Rainfall Season
…“Yes, there’s a tendency towards warmer or cooler, wetter or drier, but there’s variability where other things can happen” to skew the forecast, Bair said. As early-November rain rolled in,…
Ten Things Canada Wants From NAFTA Modernization
…that round four of the negotiations was very disappointing to Canadian producers. “When looking at beef and pork, the U.S. and Canada are completely on the same page,” Haney says….