…Agricultural Negotiator, Dennis Shea as Deputy USTR (Geneva) and C. J. Mahoney as Deputy USTR (Investment, Services, Labor, Environment, Africa, China, and the Western Hemisphere). Earlier this year, the NCC…
2018 Pig Farmers of Tomorrow Named
…consumers here in the United States.” An industry panel of judges selected the 2018 Pig Farmers of Tomorrow, who all have had a Common Industry Audit completed on their farms….
Treasury Secretary Mentions U.S. Possibly Re-joining TPP
…he’s been in contact with the other countries about what it would take for the United States to reverse course. The New York Times says the president appears to have…
California Vegetables More Than Half of U.S. Total
…processing plants. The Vegetables Summary suggests everyone loves tomatoes – it’s a billion-dollar crop for California and the United States. No matter which direction you drive in California, you will…
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Agriculture Coalition’s Request to Halt California’s ‘False and Misleading’ Prop 65 Labeling of Glyphosate
…is approved for application in over 250 agricultural crops throughout the United States. Despite scientific findings from hundreds of studies and conclusions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the…
Trump Says Re-entering TPP is “possible”
…Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last Friday. “TPP was a very bad deal for the United States,” said Trump. “There’s a possibility we could be going back in if offered…
Celebrating National Pistachio Day
…arrived in the United States sometime in the 1880s. But, they have been cultivated in the Middle East since Biblical times.The pistachio tree grows to about 20 feet tall needing…
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…
Agri View: Changes Coming for Grading Pork
…cost. There is no grading to pork. Well, that is about to change. There are those who think grading will encourage U.S. consumption of more pork. You see, the United…
Western Growers Also Opposes Immigration Bill
…half the fresh fruits, vegetables and tree nuts, grown both conventionally and organically, in the United States. Western Growers members are based in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. Member…
Agri View: Issues Impact on Agriculture
…thing has already put pressure on most of agriculture with what the present administration is doing. More immigrants are leaving the United States than are coming in. Farm labor is…
USDA Opens New Office in Vietnam to Help Facilitate Increasing Agricultural Trade
…vital role in helping expand the United States’ $2.5 billion-dollar agricultural export market in Vietnam. “Growing agricultural trade between the United States and Vietnam means new opportunities for American producers,”…
Former Cotton and Groundwater Executive Casey Creamer Joins CCM Staff
…regulatory bodies. His “constituency” was an estimated 5000 producers and he reported to a 28 member board. As Vice President of California Cotton Ginners & Growers and Western Agricultural Processors…
The Western View: Feile Parkfield
…web page at www.feileparkfield.com – that’s spelled F E I L E parkfield dot com. I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West and Citrus Industry magazine….