Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke this week announced the Donald Trump administration would review a plan to protect sage grouse in western states. Plans to protect sage grouse have met…
R-CALF Seeking U.S. Investigation into JBS Scandal
…makers in that country and that it is possible JBS deployed that same business model in the United States. JBS is the second-largest beef packer in the United States and…
Almond Board: Food Safety Symposium
…to minimize concealed damage formation” Steve Patton, CDFA: “State of California’s role in FSMA Produce Safety rule implementation” David Goldenberg, Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, UC Davis (invited):…
The Western View: Fruit Trail
…how much the tour has to offer, and it’s definitely worth the time. There’s a lot to this Fruit Trail. Western View There are over 40 stops, including fruit stands…
Adjusting NAFTA to Help Small Beef Producers
…raised in Canada and Mexico and then sold in the United States. Overall beef exports saw a significant increase because of the provisions within NAFTA, however the agreement also compounded…
NCGA Launches Open Innovation Challenge to Find the Next Big Thing for Corn
…to the global innovation community that is largely untapped regarding new product frontiers for corn.” The United States corn production has increased from 105.5 million metric tons in 1970 to…
House Ag Committee Underscores Importance of U.S. International Food Aid and Agricultural Development
…Vice President of the International Programs Group, World Vision – United States, Washington, DC Ms. Navyn Salem, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Edesia Nutrition, Kingstown, RI Mr. Brian W. Schoeneman,…
NCGA Launches Open Innovation Challenge to Find the Next Big Thing for Corn
…The United States corn production has increased from 105.5 million metric tons in 1970 to 345.5 million metric tons in 2015. NCGA is inviting innovators around the world from industry,…
Canada, U.S., Ag Leaders Talk Trade
The top agriculture leaders from the United States and Canada met earlier this week, discussing trade and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. While no negotiations took…
Perdue Statement on Sugar Agreement with Mexico
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued a statement regarding a new agreement between the United States and Mexico regarding the importation of Mexican sugar. The U.S. Department of…
U.S. Cattlemen’s Association Heads to Washington
The United State’s Cattlemen’s Association will bring a delegation of producers to Washington D.C. this week to talk issues with legislators. States represented at the fly-in will include Arizona, Indiana,…
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to Travel to Canada
…United States exported $20.2 billion of agricultural products to Canada, making it our second largest agricultural export market, while Canada exported $21 billion of agricultural products to the United States….
Western View: Trump and Agriculture
…government is obviously moving to be more business-friendly. But there are some storm clouds gathering, and we may be seeing some real problems ahead for ag producers. Western View First,…
Statement of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on President Trump’s Paris Accord Announcement
Perdueperdue “President Trump promised that he would put America first and he has rightly determined that the Paris accord was not in the best interests of the United States. In…