…Power – Rapid Energy Center Missouri Enginuity Montana Eureka Pellet Mills Inc. F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. Nebraska Chadron State College New Mexico Mt. Taylor Machine LLC Oregon Biomass…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expands
…Heights, Los Angeles County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and in parts of the southern U.S. Florida first detected the pest in 1998 and the disease in…
Hong Kong Market Reopens for U.S. Beef
…cattle less than 30 months of age could be shipped from the United States to Hong Kong. Earlier this year, Mexico, Uruguay, Ecuador and Sri Lanka also lifted their longstanding…
Tulare ACP Citrus Quarantine Expands, More Could Come
…has been detected just once in California – in 2012 on a single residential property in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County. HLB is known to be present in Mexico and…
USDA Selects 2014 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows
…Miami Dade College —Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL; Aaron Cortes, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL; Marie Montes-Matias, Union County College, Cranford, NJ; Edward A. Martinez, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas,…
Agriculture Groups Urge TPP Deal Without Japan
…elimination of Japan’s gate price system and all tariffs. The TPP is a regional negotiation that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,…
Huanglongbing Disease Looming Over California
…Looming Over California Huanglongbing disease is spreading fast in Mexico, but as CDFA Citrus Program Manager, Victoria Hornbaker explains, there is a buffer-zone system in place along our borders. …
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Highlights Recent Trade Breakthroughs with Mexico
Mexico Expands Imports as Vilsack Joins Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, May 19, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack…
Do You Check the Sugar Label?
…made the right decision and that Mexico’s actions have harmed hardworking sugar producers and taxpayers. U.S. sugar growers say Mexico’s actions will cost the industry 1 billion dollars this year….
USDA Announces Specialty Crop Block Grant Program-Historic Farm Bill Support Available through State Departments of Agriculture
…$ 1,389,725.01 Mississippi $ 479,540.04 Missouri $ 457,798.79 Montana $ 986,229.53 Nebraska $ 597,375.99 Nevada $ 300,952.49 New Hampshire $ 272,784.44 New Jersey $ 809,716.73 New Mexico $ 548,734.17 New…
California Ranked at Bottom of Agribusiness Friendliness Index
…Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado New Hampshire and North Dakota. The bottom five states – New Mexico, Mississippi, Alabama, New York and California at the bottom. Please CLICK HERE to view the…
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Processed Egg Products Unfit For Human Consumption
…States and abroad, and to Mexico. FSIS inspects egg products under the Egg Products Inspection Act. FDA typically takes jurisdiction of egg products after they leave the egg facility if…
New Report Says PEDv Will Cause “Significant Shortfall”
…in Canada and Mexico at the pace seen in the U.S., Rabobank says that North American hog slaughter could decline by nearly 18.5 million hogs over 2014 and 2015, or…
Drought Could Affect Food Prices This Year and Next
…of other items may be supplemented from other growing regions, but at a higher cost. For example, buyers may have to rely more heavily on Florida and Mexico for corn,…