…potential to increase exports there is tremendous.” China is the third-largest importer of American dairy products, behind only Mexico and Canada. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Cuba Policy Not Good for Ag
…limiting American agricultural imports while Latin American countries and the European Union have been making recent inroads into the Cuban market. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Pork Industry Expanding
…response to increased capacity is price volatility in the short term, but bargaining leverage will eventually shift in favor of producers. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Dow / DuPont Merger Gets Conditional Approval
…companies expect the merger to finish in August of 2017, with the required spin-offs to take place within 18 months later. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Western View: The Prairie Fires
…Trucks hauled hay from as far away as California to the devastated towns. The local feed stores made space for the donations and community service clubs set up volunteers to…
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…until now serving as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, will now be Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. He has…
American Farm Bureau Cautions on Cuba
…Cuba that would limit our agricultural export opportunities. We should be doing more, not less, to encourage U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba. Our farmers and ranchers and the Cuban people…
Wind and Solar Energy Cover Over 10 Percent of U.S. Power Generation
…U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the total clean energy output to fall back below the 10 percent level later this summer. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Organic Trade Association Applauds USDA for Revoking Organic License
…task force. The anti-fraud task force will create guidelines for the private sector to use in verifying its international supply chains. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Nebraska Firm First to Ship U.S. Beef to China
…requirements, U.S. producers must track the birthplace of cattle born in the United States that are destined for export to China. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
China Trade Agreement Includes Biotech Approvals
…that China’s regulatory approval process was slow-moving and vague. The announcement does not, however, approve cultivation of GM crops in China. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Senators Want NAFTA Renegotiations to Address Canada Poultry Market
…poultry production. The system’s import restrictions and production limits are meant to create a more stable system immune to market forces. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…of the Domestic Policy Council; Director of the National Economic Council; Administrator of the Small Business Administration; United States Trade Representative; Director of the National Science Foundation; and Heads of…
Almond Board: Cover Crop Workshop
…challenges. We are a non-profit 501 (c) (5) organization governed by a nine-member board. Our board members are beekeepers representing the major national and state beekeeping organizations. Four scientific advisors…