…obligations in the first place, there should be less time spent on trade disputes and more time spent trading,” Petersen said. Trump’s campaign pledge to “make America great again” could…
Cargill Chief: NAFTA in “Good Place”
MacLennan As Cargill Chair and CEO David MacLennan looks at the North American Free Trade Agreement, pulling out of the deal would have a “chilling effect on the already depressed…
State Ag Directors Want NAFTA Fixes
As President Donald Trump gets set to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S. state directors of agriculture are weighing in on which parts of the agreement they’d…
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced 11 grants totaling $3 million for Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) projects focused on…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
The National Milk Producers Federation urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to swiftly confirm former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, as NMPF, its 29 member…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…of the National Science Foundation’s National Robotics Initiative, the country’s premier robotics program, and involves three of the four UC CITRIS campuses. Farmers are already using technology such as infrared…
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
…the global society. UCLA collaborates with Latin American institutions to concentrate on health challenges in Latin America; UC Davis casts a wide net with work in agriculture, the environment, natural…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…raised as many questions as it answered about the future of trade policy in the new administration. It certainly signals that America’s approach to global trade policy will undergo a…
California Cattlemen File Lawsuit Against Fish and Game
California cattle producers gathered with peers from around the nation at the 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show. The meeting started February 1, just a…
Putting a Face on California Farmers
The California Farm Bureau is giving a face to California farmers by taking producers to the U.S. capital. Representatives get a personal experience, and leaders say that pays dividends when…
Online Grocery Shopping Poised to Boom in 2017
…and can find what they need online and see food shopping, prep, and eating as an experience rather than just sustenance. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
NCBA Cattle Industry Convention Underway
The 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show is underway in Nashville, Tennessee. NCBA kicked off the convention this week with Cattlemen’s College educational sessions focusing…
Florida Representative Drafts Legislation to Abolish EPA
…employee cuts to the agency, Gaetz says Americans are “drowning in rules and regulations” from the EPA and says the agency needs “eliminating.” The legislation would turn over responsibilities held…
Food Producers Accelerating Exports to Mexico, Searching for New Markets
…American Free Trade Agreement and impose a 20 percent import tax to pay for a border wall. Producers of corn, soybean meal and dried distillers’ grains are attempting to accelerate…