Take Action to Stop AB 1066 Legislators returned to Sacramento on August 1 for their last month of the legislative session. Just prior to the summer recess Assembly-member Lorena Gonzalez…
Specialty Crop Research and Extension Investments
…agriculture and trade associations that partner with USDA address challenges at the national and local levels to help sustain all parts of America’s food and agriculture system, whether the farms…
S&W Seed Company Signs First U.S. Sorghum License Agreement
…agreement in the United States, S&W has licensing agreements with different partners to provide its grain sorghum and forage sorghum genetics throughout the world, including Australia, parts of South America,…
Dockers Union Contract Negotiations
…– retroactive to July 1, 2014 – after protracted labor talks and a nearly four-month work slowdown that harmed U.S. exporters. The U.S. meat and poultry sectors lost an estimated…
Beef Exports Reopen to Brazil
USDA Reaches Agreement to Reopen Beef Exports to Brazil The Department of Agriculture announced Monday the reopening of Brazil for U.S. beef exports. USDA says the agency reached an agreement…
Agri View: Farm Vote
…is rice. Cuba imports eight-five percent of the food it’s people consumes. It isn’t just Cuba. Farm sources would like to see the whole North American Free Trade Agreement re-negotiated….
Survey Shows Cover Crops Boost Yields
…using cover crops. The American Seed Trade Association says multi-year data shows increasing yields as cover crops are planted year after year. Farmers surveyed said their use of cover crops…
Fresno Food Expo Reports Record Year
…for Trade Development and the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association in an effort to spur exporting, not only in California, but the United States as a whole. The Expo…
Effects of Agricultural Conservation
…conducts the NRI-CEAP survey under a cooperative agreement with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NRI-CEAP results help determine not only the effectiveness of existing conservation practices but also what resources…
U.S. Wheat Competitive Advantages
Trade Visit to Demonstrate U.S. Wheat Competitive Advantages Quality control and purchasing managers from three Venezuelan flour mills will visit North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Ohio starting this weekend. The…
USDA Seeking Additional Funding for Farm Loans
…program restarts in October. Loans in the program are considered a “last resort” for farmers, but as the rural sector struggles with low commodity prices and mounting trade competition, farmers…
Anti-Trade Talks Threaten TPP
…this week, chants broke out of “No TPP” while Bernie Sanders was speaking Monday, the same day his party approved its platform which is formally against the trade agreement. Hilary…
Bayer, Monsanto, Still Far Apart on Merger Agreement
Bayer and Monsanto appear no closer to an agreement than two months ago when the first offer by Bayer went public, according to a new analysis by the St. Louis…
Greenhouse Opens, Aids ACP Fight
…taking hold in California,” said Joel Nelsen, president of the citrus grower’s trade association California Citrus Mutual and presenter at the ribbon-cutting event. “Huanglongbing is a death sentence for our…