…from the region. Complementing the domestic buyers were 37 qualified international buyers from Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Ecuador who attended the Expo to…
U.S. Wheat Competitive Advantages
…protein spring wheat and soft red winter wheat. However, current market conditions there have given durum wheat from Mexico a competitive advantage. U.S. wheat exports to Venezuela are not as…
Mexican Ethanol Producers Set Sights on Sorghum
Ethanol producers from Mexico are considering the use of sorghum for production of the biobased fuel. The U.S. Grains Council recently hosted a trade team of Mexican ethanol producers in…
Agri View: Crop Losses
…issues related to land use change. Dr. Duval attended Northern Arizona University and New Mexico State University for his graduate work, and is a proud alumnus of The College of…
National Tequila Day
…from the blue agave plant, tequila has a deep and storied history. Named after the small town of Tequila in a valley west of Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico, the spirit…
Agri View: Lost Land
…20 years, and many forests in Utah, New Mexico and Arizona were set aside before those states were created. Conservation, though, was necessary, as evidenced by the 1930s desertification of…
Agri View: Fire Ant Problem
…IFA infest more than 367,000,000 acres in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Puerto Rico. IFA have an…
Agri View: New Nut Champion
…were produced in the states of Georgia, New Mexico and Texas (NASS, 2015). Marketing Channels Currently the pecan industry is working to establish a Federal Marketing Order (FMO) to successfully…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
Dairy Organizations Lament Impact of Canada’s Barriers to Dairy Trade as North American Summit Begins The United States, Canada and Mexico kicked off the North American Leaders’ Summit in Ottawa….
Agri View: Pork Exports
…volume to Mexico, Japan and South Korea were below last year during the same time period. Development and relationship-building programs are working toward regaining lost market share due to the…
Cage Free Egg
…deadline 2025 for all its locations in Canada, the US and Mexico. In March, PepsiCo committed to 2020 for sourcing only cage-free eggs in North America and 2025 for all…
NPPC President Weber Talks Exports, TPP on Capital Hill
…the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, which account for nearly 40 percent of global GDP. Weber pointed out to…
Sec. Vilsack Announces $16.8 Million in Grants
…Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., $2,888,979 New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association, Santa Fe, N.M., $2,001,198 Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc., New York, N.Y., $3,378,965 The grants support creative…
Bats and Agriculture
…plants are useful to people, including a species of agave that is the source of tequila, a multimillion-dollar industry in Mexico. Bat guano has traditionally been used as fertilizer for…