…imports. Canada, Mexico, and Oceania are large suppliers of animals and animal products to the United States. In the last decade, U.S. imports came primarily from Canada, Mexico, the European…
PMA Brings Fresh Produce Insight to White House Meeting on Trade Policy
…issues. PMA serves an active membership in nearly all TPP countries, with particular strength in TPP countries of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. “We’re grateful…
World Pistachio Day
…1.5 million pounds of pistachios. Today, California, Arizona and New Mexico represent 100 percent of the US commercial pistachio production, and a majority of the pistachios produced are exported to…
USDA Invests $25 Million in High-Priority Watersheds to Improve Water Quality
…in areas such as the Mississippi River basin, Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes. In 2016, NRCS will bolster its water quality efforts by introducing a new evaluation…
Agri View: Drugs, Unsolvable Problem
…across the Mexico–US border. This increased the drug cartel activity in Mexico. By the early 1990s, so much as 50% of the cocaine available in the United States market originated…
TPP Report on Impacts to Agriculture
…compete. As part of TPP, all countries are required to eliminate agricultural export subsidies on all agricultural goods sold in member countries. For example, Mexico will not be able to…
National Almond Day
…New Mexico and Georgia. But growers soon discovered that the early blooming almond regularly fell to late frosts in those areas or to diseases of high humidity. In the 1850s,…
Agri View: Weather Damage
Everett Griner talks about weather damage expense in today’s Agri View. Weather Damage From: Weather.gov Dairy Cow Death Toll to Surpass 30,000 in Texas, New Mexico Due to Winter Storm…
Seed Industry Working to Protect Butterfly Population
…are migrating from Mexico up into the Upper Midwest, they are able to have a continuous supply of the vital plants they need to complete each generation. The goal would…
Citrus Greening Grants Awarded
…It has also been detected in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 14 states in Mexico. A total of 15 U.S. states or territories are under full or partial…
Agri View: Peanut Crop
…States? Peanuts are grown commercially in 15 states: Georgia, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Carolina, Louisiana, Arizona, Arkansas, Mississippi, California, and Tennessee. However, 11 major…
Superbowl: Avocados
…from 2015. That’s according to an estimate from the Calif.-based Hass Avocado Board. Mexico will likely account for about 95% of this year’s shipments At $3 a pound, that means…
Haynet
…blizzard in parts of New Mexico and Texas included high mortality. And in some cases, a loss of available hay or grazing land for feed. But there’s hope, thanks to…
Agri View: China Relations
…agricultural exports to China doubled from 2008 to 2012, growing to more than $25 billion in annual sales. China surpassed Japan, Mexico, and Canada to become the top export market…