…wine exports, increasing nearly 60 percent over the past ten years. “We have made critical progress on trade agreements with the UK, Mexico, and Canada, and we continue to advocate…
More California Asparagus Acres Going Under
…the price that the state’s asparagus producers need to survive. “(Mexico’s) cost of production is around $30 a box, and ours is around $55. The retailers do not want to…
Study Sheds Light on Major Disease in Roses
…study’s lead author is Gabriel Otero-Colina, from the Colegio de Postgraduados in Texcoco, Mexico. He was a visiting scientist at the ARS microscopy unit. Gary Bauchan, who is director of the…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 04-05-19
…industry, the comment period closing up on the new agriculture nighttime operations standard and the potential impacts to the California agriculture industry if the U.S. Mexico border were to close…
Make the Border Wall an Asset not a Liability
Back when I was growing up in a small town on the Rio Grande, the border with Mexico was just a line in the sand – sometimes a barb wire…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 04-03-19
…Mexico border gets closed, retroactive enrollment for MPP that is available for dairy producers and you’ll get the details from the final snowpack reading. Tune in to the show for…
Seed Industry Storms the Hill
…is a global industry, with U.S. exports totaling $1.9 billion in 2018. Seed exports to the U.S.’ largest markets—Mexico and Canada—combined for a total of $630 million last year. ASTA…
U.S. Pork Can’t Afford Loss of Mexican Market
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) asked the Trump administration to carefully consider the fallout from cutting off trade between the United States and Mexico. U.S. pork producers and other…
NPPC Calls for Swift U.S./Japan Trade Negotiation
…Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam – have implemented the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and gained more favorable access to Japan. These countries and other CPTPP implementing…
Good Market for ‘Off’ California Avocados in 2019
…gluttony of fruit in stores in February due to a labor strike ending in Mexico. Once those packing lines started back up, Mexican fruit flooded the market and depressed prices. Bellamore said all…
USDA Strengthens Partnerships and Protections to Keep ASF Out of the Country
…the virus in grains, feeds and additives, and swine oral fluid samples; Work closely with officials in Canada and Mexico on a North American coordinated approach to ASF defense, response,…
California Producers Win Prestigious Conservation Award
…the state’s watershed flood control program and has been instrumental in the restoration of native prairie in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. The 2018 NACD President’s Award was presented to Bob…
Tomato Trade Agreement with Mexico Ends Amidst Dumping Complaints
The Department of Commerce recently announced that the U.S. will be withdrawing from the 2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross indicated in a statement…
Groups Comment on State of the Union Address
…Cattlemen’s Beef Association NCBA Applauds President Trump’s Call for Swift Congressional Approval of US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement “The sooner we can secure our access to Mexico and Canada, the sooner we…