…States’ 11th-largest agricultural export market, with top products including cotton, tree nuts, soybeans, and dairy. Vietnam is a member of the ASEAN Free Trade Zone and has concluded free trade…
Paris Climate Agreement Signed
…Agreement: Vilsack “By signing the historic climate agreement reached with nearly 200 nations in Paris this past December, the U.S. is moving forward on our commitment to take real action…
Congress Echoes Ag Groups on TPP
…the Obama Administration to take concrete steps to address implementation and enforcement issues related to dairy provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Led by Reps. Suzan DelBene, Reid…
Pork Producers “Fly-In”
…trade agreements, and we support the TPP, which will be the biggest commercial opportunity ever for U.S. pork producers,” said Weber. “The future of our industry is dependent on increasing…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…cover crops to enhance production.” Determining the best methods for using all of these methods is the next phase. “It’s been a useful learning exercise to strongly contrast different management…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
…utility company PacifiCorp signed an amended Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement to remove four dams on the Klamath River. The parties also signed a second agreement with project irrigators, called the…
Agri View: Egg Prices
…egg products being available for food service use,” John Howeth, executive vice president of the American Egg Board, an industry trade group, said in a statement. “And barring any further…
Sec. Ross reflects on visit to Vietnam
CDFA Secretary Karen Ross joined the trade group WUSATA last week for a trip to Vietnam to discuss export opportunities and climate smart agriculture. Here are some of the highlights…
Baseball Dogs
…Stadium in Anaheim, California. The hot dog total alone would reach as high as 5,425 One World Trade Centers, the tallest building in the U.S. “There are challengers galore, but…
Sec. Ross’ Visit to Vietnam
…the United States Agricultural Trade (WUSATA – Western US Agricultural Trade Association), accompanied by a delegation of 13 agricultural services Midwestern states, conducted his visit to Vietnam from April 4…
Dairy Organizations Seek Congressional Support for TPP
…captured in the text of the agreement are fully implemented, but also that countries are not allowed to backtrack on existing market access agreements to offset what has been granted…
Support Urged for TPP
…to removing export barriers, the TPP agreement includes high-standard rules that will encourage market-driven and science-based terms of trade that will help the U.S. food and agriculture industry compete in…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…Vegetables From: Institute for Agriculture and trade Policy (iatp.org) NAFTA’s Grim Harvest Free Trade and Sustainable Agriculture by Mark Ritchie The U.S.-Canada-Mexico Free Trade Agreement threatens to be a disaster…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
…story. There could be big money for growers who invest in carbon farming. In some parts of the world, national cap and trade programs allow farmers that adopt carbon-sequestration practices,…