…hopeful that there will be a quick resolution,” said Johansson. USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney and his team were also recently in California to…
USDA Under Secretary Ted McKinney meets with California Agricultural Trade Groups
USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney met with California agricultural trade stakeholders to discuss foreign market opportunities and trade issues. California is the largest agricultural…
House Members from Across the Country Praise 2018 Farm Bill
…am particularly proud of the reforms put forth for the SNAP program. Since 2015, the subcommittee has hosted 21 hearings on SNAP and received testimony from more than 80 witnesses…
USDA Announces Regionalization Agreement with South Korea
…if there is an HPAI detection in the United States, unaffected states would continue to trade with South Korea. Background: In 2014, the last full year without any HPAI-related trade…
USDA Under Secretary Remains Optimistic on Trade Despite Tariffs
…the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Affairs, Ted McKinney, was in Japan when the tariffs were announced. McKinney told reporters that while talking with Japanese leaders, there was absolutely…
Ethanol Industry Workers, Veterans Ask Trump To Support RFS
…and Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has proposed capping RIN prices at 10 cents, potentially in exchange for allowing the year-round sale of E15. “We’ve seen Texas…
New Study: RIN Price Cap for E15 RVP Waiver “Deal” Would Cut Ethanol Consumption and Trounce Corn Prices
…comes as President Trump met last week with ethanol and oil industry stakeholders, including members of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), to discuss the RFS and RINs. Sen. Ted Cruz…
No Deal After White House Biofuels Meeting
…to Twitter after the meeting, saying “No deal made.” Other lawmakers at the meeting included Joni Ernst of Iowa, as well as Ted Cruz of Texas and Pat Toomey of…
McKinney Predicts Trade Deal With Japan
The top USDA trade official, Ted McKinney, says he anticipates a trade deal with Japan will likely take place if the United States doesn’t re-enter into the Trans-Pacific Partnership. McKinney…
McKinney Leads Trade Mission to Central America
Ag Department Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney will lead a trade mission to Central America. The mission will be in Guatemala from February 26 to…
Trump to Meet with Cabinet, Senators of Biofuels
…is scheduled for next Tuesday. It will include several officials, such as oil-patch senator Ted Cruz of Texas, as well as corn-state senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa….
USDA Opens New Office in Vietnam to Help Facilitate Increasing Agricultural Trade
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently celebrated the opening of its new office in Hanoi, Vietnam. The office will play a…
Efforts to Move Northey Block Continues
Iowa Republicans took a strike at Senator Ted Cruz of Texas this week, saying his hold on the nomination of Iowa’s Bill Northey to the Department of Agriculture will harm…
UCCE to be a Leader in Climate Change Awareness and Education
…Myriad climate change resources were presented. UC Davis professor Arnold Bloom shared a free online college course posted at http://climatechangecourse.org. The course examines the factors responsible for climate change, the…