…to building a partnership with Secretary-designate Perdue, working together to advance agricultural priorities in areas such as immigration, the farm bill, trade, nutrition, research funding and the environment, and urge…
Agri View: Trade Questions
…promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). A lot of people blame NAFTA and the new TPP for the loss of industrial…
Singapore Plans to Ratify TPP
Singapore will push forward to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a change from other nations taking a wait and see approach after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the trade…
Study: 82% of U.S. Households Buy Organic Regularly
…households.” In Georgia, a partnership between the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the non-profit group Georgia Organics has shown how investment into helping farmers wanting to go organic can make…
Pacific Region Cattle on Feed
…totaled 49,000 head, 7 percent above February 2016. Other disappearance totaled 3,000 head during February, 40 percent below February 2016. Read the full Pacific Region Cattle on Feed Report (.pdf)…
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter
Pacific Region Commercial Slaughter California’s production of red meat during February 2017 totaled 114 million pounds (dressed weight), slightly above than February 2016. This figure includes slaughter in Federally-inspected and…
65 Percent Water Allocations for CVP
…approach to announcing CVP water allocations,” said Acting Mid-Pacific Regional Director Pablo Arroyave. “In February, we notified the Refuge Contractors, San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors, and Sacramento River Settlement Contractors…
Strengthening Dairy Safety Net Program Must be Priority as Farm Bill Discussions Commence
…the United States must preserve and enhance successful elements of its free trade agreements, such as its partnership with Mexico, America’s No. 1 dairy export market. The federal government should…
Pacific Region Poultry and Egg Report
…during the same month a year earlier. Net placements were down 2 percent from the January 2017 total of 23.0 million. Read the full USDA Pacific Region Poultry Report. (.pdf)…
Froman: TPP Can Still Shape World Trade
Former U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman speaking in Tokyo this week said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) can still serve as a guide for future trade agreements. The Nikkei (Nee-kay) Asian…
Agri View: Rain, Rain Go Away
…the countryside. One storm that moved in from the Pacific dropped eight inches of rain in one twenty-four hour cycle. A major lake was threatened by a spillway that washing…
Japan, Germany, Pledge to Work Together on Free Trade
Japan and Germany over the weekend announced an agreement to work together on free trade. The announcement follows President Donald Trump’s removal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership,…
Ag Subcommittee Evaluates Effectiveness of Forestry Initiatives
…Oklahoma City, OK Ms. Susan Benedict, Tree Farmer, Beartown Family Limited Partnership, State College, PA Mr. Jim D. Neiman, Vice President & CEO, Neiman Enterprises, Inc., Hulett, WY Ms. Becky…
Importance of Agricultural Research
…growing needs around the world. “The public-private partnership in agricultural research has allowed American agriculture to flourish over the last century, supplying our nation with a stable, abundant, and affordable…