…Meanwhile, combine sales were down nine percent for the month. Sales of combines for the year total 1,226 a decrease of 13 percent from 2016. AEM United States Ag Tractor…
NMPF Board of Directors Supports NAFTA Modernization
…(NAFTA) in a way that enhances and protects the United States’ current dairy market access opportunities and addresses Canada’s constant use of trade-distorting measures. At its June meeting here, NMPF’s…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…agricultural watersheds across the United States. The grants are funded through the Water for Agriculture Challenge Area of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill….
China, U.S., Expected to Sign Dairy Agreement
The United States and China are expected to sign an agreement Thursday to promote U.S. dairy products. Politico reports the two countries are expected to sign a memorandum that will…
Agri View: Animal Value
…We will always have pictures. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner… Image Credit: (top right) United States of America – Circa 2014: A stamp printed in the USA…
California Cherries Poised for Record Year
…amount of retail-quality cherries being produced, with many cherries instead going to preservatives and dairies. Zanobini indicated that not only is overall tonnage up this year, but the quality has…
National Farmers Union Submits NAFTA Comments to USTR
…North American Free Trade Agreement. In public comments submitted to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, NFU President Roger Johnson highlighted the alleged shortcomings of the United States’ current free trade…
Organic Industry to Create Anti-fraud Task Force
…use in verifying its international supply chains. The task force follows news of a shipment of fraudulent organic corn and soybeans that entered the United States from Turkey. The task…
U.S., China Finalize Details to Send U.S. Beef to China
…Economic Dialogue co-chaired by Secretary Ross and Secretary Mnuchin for the United States and Vice Premier Wang Yang for China. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached an agreement…
Dairy Groups Pledge to Work with Trump Administration on NAFTA Modernization
…to explore ways to preserve and strengthen it.” Since NAFTA’s implementation, the United States has shifted from being a consistent net importer of dairy products to being a significant net…
A National Day for the Flower of Love and Romance
…symbol of love and romance. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Each year on June 12, people in the United States observe National Red Rose…
Agri View: Talk Continues on Effects of the Wall
…find enough of the other commodities. What is important is that the United States could very well lose them. Remember, the wall is not the only threat to U.S. farm…
Official Flower of the Month of June
…adopted as the symbol of countless causes. They are the official emblem of numerous countries, including the United States. In 1985, the United States Senate passed a resolution asking the…
Global Food Prices Rebound in May
A measure of global food prices increased in May, after a decline in April. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released its monthly Food Price Index Thursday….