…value of $57 million. Canada #2 The United States has never obtained totally free access to the Canadian market for poultry. Initially when the United States and Canada negotiated the…
Agri View: Sweet Reward
…were first grown in Africa. Worldwide there are some 1200 different varieties. Here in the United States, Florida, California, Texas, Georgia, and Arizona are the five largest growers. And in…
Japan Beef Tariff Increase Highlights Need for Trade Agreement
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the increased tariff on beef imports to Japan underscores the “urgent need” for a bilateral trade agreement between Japan and the United States. Japan…
Agri View: Coyote Problem Spreads
…problem in our larger mid-western cities. This one is out of the southeast region. No telling where the next one will be from because the once noted creature from the…
Secretary Perdue Regarding Japan’s Planned Increase of Tariff on U.S. Frozen Beef
…automatic increase in Japan’s tariff rate under the WTO on imports of frozen beef from the United States. The increase, from 38.5 percent to 50 percent, will begin August 1,…
Valuable Crops to Consider Growing
…most valuable crops in the world may be grown outside the United States. But, there are a handful of big money-making crops that can be grown here, too. For example,…
Drought Expands Across the U.S.
…abnormal dryness mean it could change as early as next week. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says drought conditions are intensifying across the central United States. The Corn Belt has seen…
Agri View: Lemon Imports
…from South America. This doesn’t sit well with United States growers. They fear the same thing could happen to them that tormented Florida citrus farmers. Imported disease. One group in…
EPA, U.S. Army Move to Rescind 2015 “Waters of the U.S.”
…existed prior to 2015 defining “waters of the United States” or WOTUS. This action would, when finalized, provide certainty in the interim, pending a second rulemaking in which the agencies…
National Chili Dog Day
…National Chili Dog Day Every year on the last Thursday of July, hot dog lovers across the United States celebrate National Chili Dog Day by topping off their hot dogs…
Agri View: German Giant Opens Supermarkets
…supermarkets owned by a German grocery giant should be open in the United States. When all of the one-hundred stores are open it is going to make a lot of…
NCBA CEO Testifies on Capitol Hill: “Please Do No Harm!”
…pointed out. “Instead, COOL resulted in a long battle in the World Trade Organization – with the United States facing the promise of more than $1 billion dollars in retaliatory…
U.K. and U.S. Taking First Steps to Trade Deal
…working group that will “lay the groundwork” for a bilateral trade deal, according to Politico. However, official negotiations cannot begin until the United Kingdom formally leaves the European Union around…
Multiple Rounds of NAFTA Negotiations Expected
A top official from Mexico expects between six to nine rounds of negotiations between the United States, Mexico and Canada on the North America Free Trade Agreement. Mexico’s Economy Minister…