…$5.7 billion. The U.S. is the biggest market for beef and wine from New Zealand, and the nation’s second-largest dairy market. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S. Exports to Mexico Stumble
As the Unites States plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico have declined over the first few months of…
If It Smells Like a Petunias or Shampoo, It Might Be a Pesticide
from USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS chemist Aijin Zhang collects volatile compounds from apple juice. Photo by Peggy Greb. A scent that petunias and snapdragons release to attract pollinators may…
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…Bee Club, Michigan Bay Midland Pheasants Forever, Michigan Shooting Star Native Seeds, Minnesota Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, Minnesota Missouri Prairie Foundation, Missouri Lakewood Hills Homeowner Association, Missouri Hickory Hollow…
Chicken Company Turning to Body Cameras
…the changes is to improve the levels of animal care at Elite and be a catalyst for change throughout the industry. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S. and China Reach Agreement to Boost Dairy Trade
…80 U.S. processors are now officially cleared to immediately begin exporting to China, thanks to the Memorandum of Understanding between the countries. The agreement will also make it possible for…
Cuba Policy Not Good for Ag
…limiting American agricultural imports while Latin American countries and the European Union have been making recent inroads into the Cuban market. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Pork Industry Expanding
A new report out from CoBank says rising global demand for pork and stronger profitability will create a strong incentive for American pork processors to expand their capacity. Increased competition…
Dow / DuPont Merger Gets Conditional Approval
…companies expect the merger to finish in August of 2017, with the required spin-offs to take place within 18 months later. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Western View: The Prairie Fires
…of lives were lost. Western View The numbers are so big they are almost incomprehensible. There were over 7,000 individual fires, that burned more than 2 million acres – more…
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…until now serving as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, will now be Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. He has…
American Farm Bureau Cautions on Cuba
…Cuba that would limit our agricultural export opportunities. We should be doing more, not less, to encourage U.S. agricultural exports to Cuba. Our farmers and ranchers and the Cuban people…
Wind and Solar Energy Cover Over 10 Percent of U.S. Power Generation
…speeds increase. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the total clean energy output to fall back below the 10 percent level later this summer. From the National Association of Farm…
Organic Trade Association Applauds USDA for Revoking Organic License
The Organic Trade Association welcomed a move by the Department of Agriculture aimed at stopping fraudulent organic products from entering the United States. USDA this week revoked the organic certificate…