Canada says it is critical that the North American Free Trade Agreement includes a dispute resolution mechanism, setting up a potential clash with the United States once renegotiations begin next…
U.S., China Sign Agreement to Provide Market Access for U.S. Rice Exports
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Thursday announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached a final agreement with Chinese officials to allow the United States to begin exporting rice to China…
H-2A Visa Program May Be Expanded
…getting dairy employers the labor they need. Labor isn’t as on board with the deal. United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez called the program deeply flawed and was “stunned” that…
No Timeline to Restore Brazilian Beef Imports
…17 years’ worth of discussions about Brazilian imports. Beef shipments to the United States represent three percent of Brazil’s totals exports. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Dairy Farmers work to Help Cows Stay Cool
…fans and misters at dairies turning on early and working overtime to cool cows. San Joaquin County dairy farmer Hank Van Exel said his cows probably produced about 15 percent…
Perdue Farms to Upgrade Animal Welfare Standards
…said Josh Balk, vice president of Farm Animal Protection at the Humane Society of the United States. “We applaud Perdue for focusing its improvements on the core areas of concern…
U.S. Dairy Increasing Pressure on Canada
…United States. Dairy farmers have been upset for some time at Canada’s “supply management system,” which is what Canada calls its system of tariffs and quotas designed to keep domestic…
Vaccine Bank Needed To Protect Food, National Security
…food safety or human health threat. Although the disease was last detected in the United States in 1929, it is endemic in many parts of the world. In a letter…
Air Curtain Burner Solves Pile of Problems
…are an increasing problem with fewer cogeneration options available. Minturn Hulling Cooperative, with the help of Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA), went through the rigorous process of permitting the burner…
U.S. Winter Wheat Harvest Forecast Improves
…by wheat streak mosaic disease, brutal hail storms, and that poorly-timed late spring snowstorm. “We could have been looking at another phenomenal crop in western Kansas if not for disease…
Agri View: Water Rights Problems
…of The United States. The program is backed by our Federal Government. It is a word that farmers know well. Just because there is a flowing stream, or a natural…
USTR Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives
United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer released a detailed and comprehensive summary of the negotiating objectives for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Through the renegotiation…
Chlorine Dioxide Pouches Can Make Produce Safer and Reduce Spoilage
…the United States and overseas. The pouches are used by packing them in shipping containers with produce. Jinhe Bai and his colleagues at ARS’s U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory in Fort…
Brazil to Address U.S. Beef Ban During Visit
Brazil’s minister of agriculture will meet with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Monday in an attempt to resume fresh beef exports to the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture…