Vilsack AgNet West News Director Sabrina Hill talks with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack about his recent trip to Asia, trade and the Trans Pacific Partnership, and the upcoming election. Ag…
NPPC Capital Update
…trade agreement with the United States, and Obama pointing out that the two countries could more immediately address trade issues through a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. (TIFA provides a…
Two Sides of TPP
…is important for American agriculture, a trade agreement that does little to fix currency manipulation, reign in foreign predatory trade practices, or improve the $531 billion trade imbalance is not…
Strengthen Rural Communities
…many hardships. Nearly 85 percent of persistent poverty counties are located in rural areas and over six million rural Americans, including about 1.5 million children, live in poverty today. Funding…
It’s Not Just Climate Change
…were overstating the influence of climate change. The authors recommend considering climate change and human variables at the same time for future models. Moritz “There is widespread agreement about the…
Dairy: Focus on Defending Common Names Rights
…(USTR). It identifies trade barriers to U.S. companies and products due to the intellectual property policies, such as copyright, patents, trademarks and geographical indications in other countries. Increasingly, those barriers…
Garden by the Moon
…by Jaime McLeod, Farmers’ Almanac journalist Gardening by the Moon, or more specifically, according to the phases of the Moon, is an idea that has been around for as long…
Renegotiating the TPP Agreement ‘Not an Option’
Can the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement be changed at this late date? Gary Crawford has the story. Renegotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement ‘Not an Option’…
Agri View: Robot Tractors and Agriculture
…in 2016 – marking the beginning of true commercialization – about 1,600 units in 2017, and more than 4,100 in 2018.” Driving the growth in agricultural automation is a convergence…
Dairy Groups Thank Senators
…to address the needs of agriculture – including key dairy issues – in any free trade agreement with the European Union. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman,…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…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…