A coalition of agriculture groups plan a U.S.-Cuba ag business conference in November. The U.S.-Cuba Agriculture Business Conference, according to organizers, comes at a time when U.S. agriculture needs to…
Tariffs Cause Decline in August Almond Exports
…$147 million. “When you have those kinds of retaliatory tariffs in those markets it will have an impact,” Trevino stated. Over the past 20 years, the almond industry has spent…
NCGA Names Doggett as CEO
…and leadership experience. Before joining NCGA, Doggett served 11 years at the American Farm Bureau Federation, where he was AFBF’s lead lobbyist on several public policy issues, including ethanol, climate…
Farm Bureau Details Trade, Tariff Impacts on Agriculture
…than this point in 2016. Though few new products are likely to be added to China’s retaliatory list, “the impact on American farmers and ranchers, and associated businesses in processing,…
Senators Grill Administration Officials at Trade Hearing
…and the resulting harm to American farmers from retaliatory tariffs. Politico says both Republicans and Democrats gave an earful to USDA chief economist Robert Johansson, Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign…
Organic Production Project to Evaluate Advantages of No-Till Farming
…of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. “These folks are working together to try to exchange information to try to develop what we might want to call the next generation of…
State Ag Officials Voice Concerns with Trade Approach
…says NASDA remains concerned with the use of unilateral action against trading partners to correct trade disputes. The organization also says a fully-seated, functioning appellate body at the World Trade…
Water Works: How the WOTUS Rule Returned to California
…the Administrative Procedures Act. “The federal district court in South Carolina did agree that the process behind that applicability date was not legal…it entered an immediately effective, nationwide injunction against…
NAFTA Main Sticking Point Indeed is Dairy
Negotiators from Canada returned to Washington, D.C. Tuesday in an effort to reach a deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland joined U.S….
Farm, Ethanol Groups Urge President to Restore Integrity to RFS, Allow Year-Round E15 Sales
In a letter to President Trump, the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Corn Growers Association, National Farmers Union, National Sorghum Producers, American Coalition for Ethanol, Growth Energy, and Renewable Fuels…
National Dairy Council New Product Competition Underway
…an $8,000 first place prize. Winning teams will be recognized at the American Dairy Science Association’s annual meeting in June. With the announcement, the Council offered some insights, saying research…
Agri View: Peanut Yield Success
…a study group farmers know as APRES. That is short for American Peanut Research and Education Society. This group went to work to make peanuts a better crop. It took…
Perdue Says NAFTA Must Include Dairy Fix
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says Canada must make changes to dairy trade with the United States as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations. Speaking on C-SPAN,…
Senate Ag Leaders Question USDA Reorganization
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are expressing concerns over the Department of Agriculture’s reorganization plans. Senators Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow wrote Secretary Sonny Perdue recently, noting that stakeholders…