(Photo courtesy of ca.gov Planting Seeds) While in Mexico City last week, Governor Brown met with Secretary Navarrete Prida of the Mexican Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and signed…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…aids and outreach tools for the new Agricultural Risk Coverage Program and Price Loss Coverage Program. Awards totaling $6 million were announced in May 2014. On August 1, farmers and…
As Trade Mission to Mexico Ends, Collaborative Efforts Will Continue
…find solutions on cross-border trade delays. The businesses and government officials we had the pleasure to meet we very receptive to strengthening the trade, investment and cooperation between Mexico and…
California and Mexico – a Win-Win Relationship
…The company also stressed cooperation and a “win-win” relationship that California and Mexico can share. In celebrating the successes of the 20th Anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement…
Sec. Ross in Mexico City for Governor Brown’s Trade Mission
…further collaboration. That is why we have several individuals traveling on the Governor’s trade mission representing the agricultural sector. We have trade organizations representing organic products, pistachios, tree fruit, wine…
Global Food Safety Agreement Signed by China and UC Davis
…Forestry University in Shaanxi province, and the University of California, Davis, today signed a memorandum of agreement that lays the groundwork for establishing the Sino-U.S. Joint Research Center for Food…
USDA Provides Aid to 73,000 Rural Californians Impacted by Drought
…The grants announced today are contingent upon the recipients meeting the terms of the grant agreement. Since the start of the Obama Administration, USDA Rural Development has invested more than…
United States – Korea Streamline Organic Trade
…to Korea’s growing market for organic products. The arrangement between the two nations will take effect on July 1, 2014. “Korea is a growing, lucrative market for U.S. organic products,…
USDA Makes $5 Million in Farm Bill Support for National Clean Plant Network Available
…international trade, while protecting American nurseries and growers. Through the NCPN, industry, research, extension and regulatory communities collaborate to ensure an abundant supply of healthy specialty crop propagative materials. The…
USDA and USTR Name New Members to Agricultural Trade Advisory Committees
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman today announced the appointment of 19 additional members to six agricultural trade advisory committees. “The agricultural trade advisory committees provide…
Cap-and-Trade Program Topic of Meeting
The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will hear about a new University of California initiative concerning food, and focus on the state’s Cap-and-Trade Program and other environmental market…
California Hosting Wheat Executives
…California, Oregon, and Washington this week, to meet with all sectors of the regional grain trade from wheat breeders to farmers to exporters. The California Wheat Commission and the U.S….
USDA Video: This Week @ USDA June 20
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Western snow pack less than needed Saving bees and other pollinators Expanding trade for…
USDA Announces Landmark Commitment to Improve Sage-Grouse Habitat
…for California and Nevada. The U.S. Forest Service and NRCS will provide over 80 percent of that estimated need under the new agreement with a focus on high impactful projects….