…December 23, 2016, to allow the importation of fresh lemon fruit from northwest Argentina into the continental United States. No reason or explanation was given in the notification from USDA…
Stabenow Asking for USDA Bird Flu Response Information
…asked who is in charge of the effort to fight avian influenza, whether the Trump administration’s hiring freeze will affect the effort to fight the disease, and who will handle…
Proposed Pesticide Rules Near Schools Revised
…included three formal hearings and ended in December. The original proposal was issued in September 2016, after the department held a series of public workshops in five locations around the…
Water Projects Funding Must Emphasize Storage
…projects. The language in the bill stated applications for projects would not be accepted until over two years later, in December 2016. The recent call for applications is about three…
U.S. Red Meat Exports Strong in January
…Kong peaked last May at 58,000 mt and regained momentum in November and December, averaging 47,000 mt per month, with strong buying ahead of Chinese New Year. China’s hog prices…
NCBA Hails Senate Passage of BLM Planning Rule Repeal
…and by eliminating stakeholder and local input into the planning process. The Obama Administration finalized the BLM Planning 2.0 Rule in December. Under the Congressional Review Act, the U.S. House…
January Dairy Product Report
…December 2016. Butter production was 178 million pounds, 1.2 percent above January 2016 and 8.5 percent above December 2016. Dry milk powders (comparisons with January 2016)Nonfat dry milk, human –…
India Reconsidering Wheat Import Tax
…in September of 2016 before scrapping it entirely on December 8. After that move, private traders signed deals to import more than 5 million tons of wheat to help ease…
Cotton System Consumption and Stocks Report
Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 1.32 million pounds in January 2017, down 2 percent from December 2016 but up 24 percent from January 2016. January…
January Agriculture Prices Report
January Prices Received Index Decreased 1.6 Percent The January Agriculture Prices Received Index (Agricultural Production), at 86.4, decreased 1.6 percent from December 2016. At 78.3, the Crop Production Index decreased…
Analysts Say Bacon Shortage Not Likely
…It was a record-low for the month and down four million pounds from the December record. Analysts say there’s no worry for a shortage, though, because hog slaughter totals are…
Bayer CEO Confident Monsanto Deal Will Close by Years’ End
…in the long term through more innovation, stronger growth and greater efficiency. At a special meeting in December 2016, Monsanto’s stockholders approved the transaction. Bayer has also made progress in…
Scott Pruitt Confirmed and Sworn in as EPA Administrator
…law on December 2016. The Law provides a framework that fosters intergovernmental collaboration on significant water resource concerns while protecting existing water rights and affirming the State’s role in water…
South Africa Buys U.S. Sorghum, Open to U.S. Corn
…of Agriculture also announced in December of last year it would immediately eliminate biotech restrictions on corn imports from the United States. This month, the South African government issued 15…