…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…
National Olive Day
…components of the incredibly healthy Mediterranean diet. California produces 95% of all olives in the United States. To celebrate National Olive Oil Day take photos of your favorite way to…
Four New PEDV Cases Confirmed in Manitoba
…Meanwhile, Ontario reached 100 PEDV cases this spring, while over 3,000 sites in the United States have tested positive for the virus between June 5, 2014, and April 27, 2017,…
Midwest Railroad Watching NAFTA Talks Closely
…company says it would be extremely difficult for the President to remove the United States from NAFTA, without the approval of Mexico and Canada, adding that any taxes or tariffs…
May Dairy Market Report
…the United States is caused by changes in state milk production. Based on USDA revisions in data for the past several years, the rate of production growth is increasing in…
TPP Member Nations Moving On
The 11 remaining member nations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement are moving on with finalizing the agreement without the United States. Four months after the United States announced it…