…the United States. This effort is critical to help determine the economic impact of certified organic agriculture production in the United States. NASS is mailing the survey to all known…
U.S. Dairy Companies Push Back Against Canada’s Protectionist Policies
…has time and again chosen to disregard its dairy trade commitments to the United States and intentionally dismiss serious concerns from the United States about the impact its dairy policies…
NPPC Hails Trump U.K. Trade Announcement
The Trump administration over the weekend announced it would pursue closer trade relations with the United Kingdom, news welcomed by the National Pork Producers Council, which urged the administration to…
Landowner Wins Case against Army Corps
…property. The Corps had claimed a piece of property owned by Hawkes Company, and used by Hawkes to harvest peat, was a “waters of the United States” which requires a…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
…by export sales. Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. The U.S. Grains Council says these moves are…
Trump Mexico Tax Would Hurt Agriculture
…a trade war. United Fresh says a 20 percent hike in the cost of foods such as bananas, mangoes and other products that we simply can’t grow in the United…
January Cattle and Calves on Feed Review
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.6 million head on January 1, 2017….
Pacific Region Poultry and Egg Production Report
…earlier, and 2,346 in December 2015. U.S. Dember Egg Production United States egg production totaled 8.97 billion during December 2016, up 11 percent from last year. Production included 7.84 billion…
Fish and Wildlife Proceeds with Action Despite Directive
…on the status of the Lesser Prairie Chicken under the Endangered Species Act. This is despite the expected public release of a new species population survey from the Western Association…
Smart Phone App Balances Conservation and Production
…and released the apps as part of a cooperative agreement with the United States Agency for International Development. His domestic collaborators include ARS ecologist Jason Karl; USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service…
Western View: Ag Secretary Perdue is a Good Choice
…came and Georgia was out of its drought not long afterward. Who knows if it was the prayer vigil… I’m Len Wilcox and that’s the Western View from AgNet West….
TPP is Out; So Now What?
The United States is officially out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as most expected would happen. So now what? California Farm Bureau Federation President (CFBF) Paul Wenger said work needs…
TPP Member Nations Seek to Save Trade Agreement
Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations are hoping to salvage the trade deal after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement by executive order. Fulfilling a campaign pledge,…
Geneticist Edward Buckler Awarded First NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…only about one-fifth the harvest as produced in the United States. Millions of hungry, poor people don’t have the hundred years it would take to repeat what conventional breeding did…