…vaccine bank to deal with an outbreak. Herring also reiterated NPPC’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, telling the subcommittee the benefits of TPP will exceed all past free trade agreements…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…it will be harder to improve on agricultural sustainability through reductions in the use of water, pesticides and fuel. Mooney also addressed the importance of free trade agreements that deliver…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…15.1% 14.5% ——- —- —- Net income 101 94 +6.8% Net income margin 11.8% 10.9% ———- —- —- EBITDA 172 167 +3.2% EBITDA margin 20.2% 19.2% ——- —- —- The…
International Trade Commission Report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…issued a statement following the International Trade Commission’s report on the TPP. The IDFA says it applauds the release of the ITC’s investigation, which it calls an “important step forward…
Agri View: Consumers Choice
…to trade down to it from more expensive beef items during the 2009-2010 recession. They began to eat more pork and chicken, especially as their production increased and thus became…
Almond Board: Introducing Almond Alliance of California
…out where ABC and AAC intersect and where they operate independently. Covello explained, “Our Memorandum of Agreement with the Almond Board of California empowers us to pick up where ABC…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…a U.S. delay in approving – or even a rejection of – the trade agreement, pointing out that other countries are negotiating free trade deals in the Asia-Pacific region, including…
USDEC, NMPF Respond to International Trade Commission
…U.S. dairy industry based on its improvements to the rules of the road governing trade among the 12 signatories. In addition, although the market access portion of the agreement fell…
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico (Dec. 19, 2014, 79 FR 78044). To ensure that this is the type of sugar for which there is an…
U.S. Beef Hits South Africa
…Partnership, a trade agreement that will help expand U.S. agricultural exports to some of the fastest growing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, and will now work with Congress to secure…
Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Results
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry Results, Additional $72.3 Million Soil Health Investment to Support Paris Agreement Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack shared the first results of USDA’s…
Agri View: Ornamental Fish
…array of animal species that make up the generic ‘ornamental aquarium fish trade’ is staggering. Around 2,000 species and millions of specimens are traded annually in the ornamental fish trade…
Conserve Energy and Save Costs
…upon the recipient meeting the terms of the grant agreement. Since the start of the Obama Administration, USDA has provided more than $11.8 million to 136 recipients of the REAP…
Agri View: Weather Losses
…of trade. However, climate change will affect the quantity of produce available for export and import as well as prices (Figure 6.3). The cumulative impacts of climate change will ultimately…