…However, the agency’s data dashboard now makes it easy to calculate the biodiesel demand lost to these exemptions, the letter points out. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea
…to set a new record in 2018. Read more, and get the full U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea report with graphs and more. (.pdf) Source: USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service…
A Beautiful Plant You Can Grow at Home
…There are some practical, natural ways to contain running bamboo, but many people instead choose to make underground — about two-feet deep — barriers to stop it from spreading. Streams,…
U.S. Seeking Trade Agreements with Japan, EU, UK
…services trade with the EU totaled nearly $1.2 trillion in 2017, while trade with Japan totaled an estimated $283.6 billion in 2017. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Pork Producers Encouraged by Trade Announcement
…the past,” adding that NPPC expects the U.S. to require the EU to eliminate all tariff and non-tariff barriers to U.S. pork. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
McConnell: No NAFTA 2.0 Vote This Year
…Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, have commented that a vote this year on the updated agreement would avoid any potential political conflict next year. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm Bill Being Stalled Further Possible
…are both on recess until after the elections, and conference committee members report little progress on all titles of the farm bill. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
California is a National Leader in Agricultural Conservation Investment
…million through EQIP on various conservation projects to benefit things such as water quality and conservation, air quality and forest conservation. “[The funding] went out to help our diverse farmers…
U.S. Now has 6.5 Million Acres of Organic Certified Land
…organic farmland statistics because the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will not be issuing data on organic acreage for 2018. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Panel Calls for Congress to Pass Senate Version of the Farm Bill
…are up for reelection, as noted by the Hagstrom Report. Meanwhile, Erik Olson of the Natural Resources Defense Council said, “Congress is at a crossroads.” Referring to the Senate bill,…
USDA Announces Hass Avocado Board Appointments
…to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight,…
Trudeau Says USMCA Keeps China Trade Door Open
…form their own bilateral trade pact. However, Trudeau says the clause does not stop Canada from doing business with “whom it pleases.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
More Than 65,000 Expected in Indianapolis for 2018 National FFA Convention & Expo
…to the greater Indianapolis area as part of the National Days of Service. Places where students will be giving back to the community include Gleaners Food Bank, Maplelawn Farmstead, the…
USDA Announces Deregulation of GE Low-Gossypol Cotton
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces the deregulation of Texas A&M’s cotton variety genetically engineered to have ultra-low levels of gossypol in…