…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%…
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…
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…
Rabobank Finds Pork Export Market Projections Favorable
…price ‘squeeze’. Furthermore, food safety scandals increased retail and foodservice demand for improved product tracking & tracing. This is not only observed in the developed world, but—due to social media—also…
Finding a Balance for Food Labeling
Newly appointed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue answered questions from members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters. Perdue was asked about food labeling and what the new administration might do…
TPP Nations Meet in Canada to Discuss Future of Pact
…this week in Toronto. The event is expected to be a stage-setter for an upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Vietnam. The article says this week’s trade talks are a…
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…
New Spending Bill’s Impact on Agriculture
…for agriculture is Congress appropriated $153.4 billion in mandatory and discretionary spending levels at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. That number is almost $13…
NFU Calls on FTC to Oppose ChemChina Acquisition of Syngenta
…loans from state-owned banks and often the debt from these loans is forgiven or significantly written down. China’s policy to ensure food self-sufficiency provides an unfair subsidy for domestic food…
Conaway Disappointed Cotton, Dairy Farmers Left in the Lurch
…to put food on our tables and clothes on our backs. I want to reassure the nation’s farmers and ranchers that I and many of my colleagues are fully committed…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, along with input-output methods, to trace the path from country of origin to region of consumption for forest-risk products. The MTED-GTAP global…
Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
…make food choices both healthful and appealing to students. Perdue made the announcement during a visit to Catoctin Elementary School in Leesburg, Virginia to mark School Nutrition Employee Week. Perdue…
California Leopold Conservation Award® Seeks Nominees
…the stewardship of the natural resources on their land. As the most productive agricultural state in the nation, with some of the most dazzling ecosystems and landscapes, California farmers and…
Western View: Is Global Warming Real?
…most complex, chaotic, non-linear natural systems we know, and it is in a constant state of flux. He says that the best evidence indicates that the warming at the end…