The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) continues to move forward without the United States. Mexico last week ratified the new TPP agreement, now called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership….
USDA Supports Specialty Crop Industry with Multi-State Initiatives
…project to improve nitrogen use efficiency and food safety in spinach production. Awarded $743,878. Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will partner with: The University of Wisconsin-Madison and…
Secondary Impacts of Chinese Tariffs on Apples
…is the potential for this type of policy to set some kind of precedent in terms of trade deals. “What we don’t want are other countries to get the idea…
U.S. Beef Could Expand In E.U. To Help Avoid Trade War
The European Union is preparing to allow more tariff-free U.S. beef into the region as part of an attempt to avoid a trade war. Politico says the move comes at…
Secretary Perdue Comments on Senate Confirmation of Ken Barbic
…the challenges and opportunities facing agriculture. Prior to his work with Western Growers, Barbic served as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs and as a legislative assistant with…
Trump Says NAFTA Talks Are “Doing Nicely”
President Donald Trump says this week that the North American Free Trade Agreement talks are “moving along nicely.” Bloomberg says trade ministers from Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. are meeting…
NFU Board of Directors Opposes Current House Farm Bill
…feed hungry Americans. Among the changes recommended by the NFU Board, they’d like to increase PLC reference prices to improve the farm safety net and offset possible trade retaliation. They’d…
Farm State Senators Worry About Trade During Hearing
…trade agreement between the U.S. and South Korea is an example that the strategy is working, but he did acknowledge there wasn’t much added benefit for food producers in the…
Secretary Perdue Commemorates First Year at USDA
…video(below). In his first year, Secretary Perdue and the USDA team made breakthroughs in agricultural trade, moved to reduce burdensome regulations, responded to natural disasters, and battled through the worst…
USDA Under Secretary Ted McKinney meets with California Agricultural Trade Groups
USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney met with California agricultural trade stakeholders to discuss foreign market opportunities and trade issues. California is the largest agricultural…
Sorghum Prices Falls Three Times Lower After China Tariff Announcement
…on U.S. imports. Bob Ludington oversees the Omaha, Nebraska-based company’s grain and oilseed division, and says there’s been very little trade. While some U.S. grain elevators are still bidding for…
Farmers for Free Trade Report Highlights Damage from Chinese Retaliation
…to develop can vanish overnight. Farmers for Free Trade is a bipartisan campaign to rebuild support for trade at the grassroots level. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
NAFTA Ministers Back in Washington D.C. After Short Turnaround
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his two counterparts in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations are back at it in Washington, D.C. This marks a quick turnaround…
Farmers and Ranchers: Time Running Out to Complete the 2017 Census of Agriculture
…to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. To date, NASS has received more than 1.5 million completed questionnaires. But the national return rate is currently lower than at this…