…farmers by not buying from our farmers,” Trump says. “They know the farmers like Trump and I like them. I love them.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
American Farm Bureau Coalition Fights to Stop Illegal 2015 WOTUS Rule
…States will prove enormously disruptive to their operations, and indeed to the entire national economy.” Yesterday’s decision out of South Carolina purports to block nationwide an Environmental Protection Agency rule…
U.S., China, Far Apart in Trade War Talks
…and the U.S. is mainly viewed as a means to check and see if future dialogue between the two nations is possible. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
NAFTA Talks Reach One-Year Mark, Close to U.S. Mexico Agreement
…through the end of this week in Washington as negotiators seek an agreement, before moving on to striking a deal with Canada. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Announces Section 32 Beef, Chicken Purchases
…the announcement is “a real victory” for chicken producers but adds “the real winners are the actual recipients” of the nutrition programs. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Animal Ag Groups Ask for Permanent Funding for Disease Preparedness
…uncontrolled FMD outbreak would be $199.8 billion. The coalition includes more than 100 state and national livestock, veterinary and animal health organizations. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
NFU: Beef Producers Disadvantaged by Current “Product of U.S.A” Labeling Standards
…consumers. Yet COOL was repealed in 2015, and the voluntary “Product of U.S.A.” labels do not provide consumers with accurate country-of-origin labeling. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
BASF Closes Acquisition of Bayer’s Vegetable Seeds Business
…but the two companies were ordered to remain separate until conditions by the U.S. Department of Justice, including this sale, were met. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Perdue Talks Tariffs, Water in San Joaquin Valley
…I know first-hand how vitally important trade, water and access to labor are to our Valley’s agricultural system. Agriculture is different in every region of the country and it is…
USDA Forest Service Announces New Strategy for Improving Forest Conditions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) announced a new strategy for managing catastrophic wildfires and the impacts of invasive species, drought, and insect and disease epidemics. Specifically,…
China Files WTO Complaint over U.S. Solar Tariffs
…earlier trade disputes. One Chinese executive told Reuters that U.S. solar tariffs were a “sideshow” and had little effect on Chinese business. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
FDA Extends FSMA Compliance
…small businesses, those with sales totaling less than $2.5 million, from the requirements applicable to qualified facilities until the fall of 2020. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Answer Upcoming NASS Survey; It Impacts Your Bottom Line
The confidential crop survey from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will be arriving in the mailboxes of Southern farmers soon, and it is very important that recipients take the…
Tariffs Could Cost Fruit and Nuts $3 Billion
…U.S. agricultural commodities in important export markets, which could hurt U.S. farmers. A new report released by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources’ Agricultural Issues Center estimates the…