…few. Big companies such as B&G Foods, who bought the brand Green Giant from General Mills, and Whole Foods both reported seeing double-digit growth in nationwide sales of the vegetable…
Avian Influenza Found in Mexico
…discovered as part of a supervision program aimed at freeing the country of the disease. In March, a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was found in a chicken breeder…
Free Trade, Relationships Key To Market Competitiveness In South Korea
…U.S. Grains Council (USGC) has worked in South Korea since 1972, providing technical assistance and expertise on how to best utilize corn and value-added products like DDGS, educating government officials…
Federal Policies on Rural Issues Gain Attention
…in agriculture, manufacturing and all of the food trades just basically came uncorked in some form or fashion.” “For a lot of sectors in agriculture, NAFTA is working well,” Moore…
Urban School Food Alliance Responds to School Nutrition Standard
…programs. As leaders of large urban schools, the Urban School Food Alliance will continue to partner with the USDA in the K-12 arena by leading in reducing food costs and…
Notice of Determination of Changes to the National Poultry Improvement Plan Program Standards
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is updating the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Program Standards. In a previous notice, the Agency proposed changes to…
FDA to Address Agricultural Biotechnology Misinformation
…the money is to be used to tout “the environmental, nutritional, food safety, economic, and humanitarian impacts” of biotech crops and their final food products. The bill includes $3 million…
Agri View: Imported Heart Healthy Foods
Everett Griner talks about one of our heart healthy foods still being imported in today’s Agri View. Back when I was a young farm reporter I…
NMPF Urges Dairy Imitators to Comply with Food Labeling Standards
…real food, this ‘fake food’ movement has gone in the opposite direction, flaunting U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards that define milk as the product of cows, not heavily…
2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record
…of the volume and 40% of the value in U.S. food stores. Wines under $10 are flat or down, but still holding 81% share of the shipment volume and 60%…
NFU Disappointed by House Vote for AHCA
…cap Medicaid, disproportionately affecting rural Americans who enroll in Medicaid at higher rates, and whose hospitals rely more on the program than their urban counterparts. The bill would also base…
Secretary Perdue Announces Arrival of First Shipment of U.S. Beef to Brazil
…Service (FAS) and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have worked continuously with Brazilian officials to regain market access. Additionally, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has provided…
Soil Health Partnership Urges Farmers to Take USDA Survey
…Survey. In its fifth year, the survey helps the USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program understand why farmers choose to use cover crops, or the reasons that they…
Organic Wine Study-Price or Taste?
…the case. That’s according to a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study, recently published in the journal Food Policy. It shows wine is one product…