…more than 400 premium red wines from 50 wineries in Italy and sold to Italian and American consumers. 31 percent of the wines used were organic; about 42 percent of…
Commerce Department to End Mexican Sugar Dumping
…The department will impose duties on Mexican sugar imports beginning on June 5, unless the two countries can come to an agreement. Phillip Hayes, a spokesman for the American Sugar…
Argentine Lemons Entering U.S. Market Despite Objections
…Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service comes only days after President Trump’s meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri. Hear from California Citrus Mutual President Joel Nelson “I am extremely disappointed…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
…planting systems. The technology allows farmers to plant crops like corn, soybeans, and other row crops at twice the speed of a conventional planter. The case had been scheduled for…
Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Down, Commodity Prices Top Concern
…according to a joint survey by the American Bankers Association and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac; NYSE: AGM and AGM.A). The survey of more than 350 agricultural lenders…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…The article says a move like that could potentially stir up trouble with the Trump administration, which is already looking at renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Brazil is…
Canada/Mexico Doing NAFTA Renegotiations “Together”
…American corn producers are looking on nervously. The Mexican Ag Secretary recently led a tour of his country’s corn importers to Brazil and Argentina as part of a plan to…
Groups Want Checkoff Reform
…to the programs. The legislation comes in two separate bills introduced in both chambers. The “Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act” would put an end to the most egregious abuses…
NFU Calls on FTC to Oppose ChemChina Acquisition of Syngenta
…alarmingly for American farmers, it further consolidates the international agricultural inputs sector. The FTC should reject ChemChina’s proposed purchase of Syngenta,” Johnson concluded. Share this Post California Water, Energy, and…
Conaway Disappointed Cotton, Dairy Farmers Left in the Lurch
…It is also no secret that the safety net for cotton and dairy is failing our producers. To its credit, the entire cotton industry came together on a plan to…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…South American and Southeast Asian countries have emerged as major exporters of “forest-risk” commodities (primarily beef, palm oil, soybeans, and forest products), often produced on newly deforested land. This land…
Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
…so that schools can serve meals that are both nutritious and palatable. We don’t want kids wasting their meals by throwing them away. Some of our schools are actually using…
California Leopold Conservation Award® Seeks Nominees
…is possible thanks to generous contributions from many organizations, including Farm Credit West, American AgCredit, The Harvey L. & Maud S. Sorenson Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund and The Nature Conservancy….
Perdue Convinces Trump not to Terminate NAFTA
The new Secretary of Agriculture played a big part in convincing President Trump to not pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He had a little help from…