U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the United States has joined with 12 other nations to support policies that enable agricultural innovation, including genome editing. The International Statement…
The Western View: San Francisco Supports Fish Not Farms
…Francisco back to the Russians? I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West and Citrus Industry Magazine. Visit us on the web at www.citrusindustry.net. Sponsored Content Let’s…
Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Cancel Benefits of USMCA
…The report says, according to the Hagstrom Report, that with continued retaliatory tariffs from China and other trading partners, “the United States would see a decline in agricultural exports of…
Trump Administration Plans Hearing on Trade with Japan
…effort to protect its agriculture industry from United States agriculture. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy…
Updated TPP to Take Effect This Year
The Trans-Pacific-Partnership (TPP) replacement that does not include the United States will take effect at the end of this year. Australia and Canada filed ratification documents this week for the…
Proposed Bill to Spur Agriculture Innovation
…universities, state/local governments and the private sector. Both the Western Growers Association and California Farm Bureau Federation stated their support for the legislation in the press release. Proposed Bill to…
Funding to Increase Access to Education, Workforce Training and Health Care Opportunities in Rural Communities
…view the report in its entirety, please view the Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In…
U.S. Planning Another Round of China Tariffs
The United States is readying more tariffs against China if there is no positive momentum following a meeting between President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping. Bloomberg News reports the…
70 Percent of Farmland to Change Hands in Next 20 Years
…acres of agricultural land in the United States will change hands, which equates to two percent per year. About one percent will change ownership each year through inheritance, gifting, or…
China Trade War Not Ending Soon
…trade relations may return to normal or better status between the United States and China. President Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 meeting…
ASF Could Drastically Change China’s Pork Market
…in domestic pork production could allow other markets, including the United States, to become bigger suppliers of pork to China, pending the outcome of trade disputes. Source: National Association of…
Syngenta Opening Chicago Seeds Office
ChemChina owned Syngenta will establish a major Global and North America Seeds office in the western suburbs of Chicago. Approximately 50 Syngenta Seeds business managers and employees will relocate from…
Drought Monitor: Wet Harvest Continues Next Week
…wet weather pattern is in store for much of the southern and eastern United States as the NWS six-to-ten-day outlook for October 30th – November 3rd calls for near-to above-normal…
The Western View: A Fix for California Water Problems?
…on the northwestern third of the state, and the vast majority of the people and agriculture are far away. There are no natural delivery systems for that water beyond the…