…1 structure and funding. Listen to the full interview with Tim Johnson here. Note: This interview was conducted June 29, before the announcement from the California Water Alliance. News Release…
Brexit Could Bring Market, Policy Impacts for U.S. Grains
…the trade policy arena, not the marketplace. The Grains Council says the vote will put the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks between the United States and the European Union…
Canada Proposes Stronger Rules for Antimicrobial Drugs
…on Canada’s healthcare system, global trade, agriculture, environment and health sectors. The proposed changes would restrict the importation of certain veterinary drugs, require drug manufacturers to follow stricter rules, require…
Opening Markets for Almond Hulls
…our part to get hulls access. Kind of like almonds, we already have access to China, but we need to understand those trade issues first before we actually start shipping.”…
Dairy Export Access Undermining Costs Industry
…previously negotiated free trade agreements – the negative impact is felt on the farm. This is particularly damaging in tough years like this when milk supplies exceed demand. We hope…
Agri View: Animal Disease
…characterized by poor reproduction, gradual weight loss, oral and GI bleeding, renal failure and uremia, and high mortality. All color phases of mink may be infected, but light color phases…
June Dairy Market Report
The June issue of the NMPF-DMI Dairy Market Report is now available online. It says that U.S.milk production was 1.2 percent higher in April than a year earlier,interrupting the pattern…
ASTA Supports GMO Labeling Agreement
ASTA Supports Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on GMO Labeling The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) applauds Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow for reaching a common sense food-labeling agreement….
Senate Biotechnology Compromise
…before Vermont’s mandatory labeling law goes into effect on July 1. Although the House acted in a timely manner, I have just received the text of the this agreement and…
NMPF Pres. on Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on Food Biotech Legislation
…of 50 different states. It is now critical that the Senate vote on and approve the Roberts-Stabenow agreement as soon as possible next week, prior to July 1 when the…
ADC Forms Farmer Advisory Board
…insurance agents, government officials, farm managers, input providers or anyone else the farmer chooses. Matt Bechdol, ADC’s interim executive director, said the ADC is entering a pilot phase and that…
Proposals Could Further Limit Water Flows
…against recent agreements on water use. “They had an agreement back in March with the Bureau of Reclamation on what flows were going to be allowed,” Wade says. “They are…
ASTA New Leadership to Guide Future of Seed Industry
More than 470 seed industry professionals from across the nation gathered in Portland, Oregon June 18-22 for a joint Annual Convention of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) and the…
Agri View: GMO Law
…year on July 1. Food companies are scrambling to figure out how to place GMO labels on their products that are set to be sold to a state that has…