The U.S. Dairy Export Council says the agreement reached this week between the U.S. and China will make it possible to significantly expand American dairy exports. An Agri-Pulse report says…
Western View: The Prairie Fires
…days, but those headlines faded quickly. Many people outside of agriculture had no idea just how unbelievably huge the fires were. The losses were terrible; entire ranches burned, cattle killed…
New Protections For Immigrant Workers on Horizon
A California legislative committee recently amended a proposed bill that will define the individual rights of immigrant workers while on the job. The Immigration Worker Protection Act (AB 450) would…
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…for energy, environment, and agriculture on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers where he also participated in the White House Rural Council and the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness….
Nebraska Firm First to Ship U.S. Beef to China
…Agriculture Director Greg Ibach joined Greater Omaha Packing Chief Executive Henry Davis to load the first box of beef destined for China Thursday morning. Davis told the Drovers Cattle Network:…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…of the Domestic Policy Council; Director of the National Economic Council; Administrator of the Small Business Administration; United States Trade Representative; Director of the National Science Foundation; and Heads of…
Almond Matters: The Heat Brings Mites
Courtesy: UCANR In today’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent U.S.A. Corporation, a heat wave is on the way for much of California and that means mite pressure will…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, June 12
…the calculator at the University of California integrated pest management website. All locations use CIMIS weather stations. NOW Degree Day reports are sponsored by Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide….
NMPF Board of Directors Supports NAFTA Modernization
…of farm and dairy manufacturing jobs, as well as those in related industries.” Earlier in the week, NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council jointly filed comments on the NAFTA…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…Connected with Agriculture and Post-Harvest Processing Industry Water Use: The University of California, Berkeley, California, $463,338 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, $462,499 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, $458,043 University…
Wheat Geneticist Presented with Innovator of the Year Award
During the UC Davis Chancellor’s Innovation Awards ceremony last week, Jorge Dubcovsky was named as one of the 2017 Innovators of the Year by University of California, Davis, Interim Chancellor…
Vilsack Joins Feeding America Board
…the country and provides food to more than 46 million people through 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. Vilsack became president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council in…
Mexico Shopping for Non-U.S. Pork
…Mexico with pork. National Pork Producers Council immediate past president John Weber says that while gaining new market opportunities is a leading offense priority, its top defensive priority is NAFTA….
China, U.S., Expected to Sign Dairy Agreement
…allow further market access for U.S. dairy producers. U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO Tom Vilsack said last week that he has been working for months to reach an agreement between…