…in the quarter compared to the corresponding period last year. Adama’s Canadian business performed well in the quarter, despite the ongoing dry conditions in Western Canada. The robust performance was…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…for human exposure – regardless of whether the plant was developed using genetic-engineering or conventional-breeding processes. ” –omics” technologies will be critical in enabling these regulatory approaches. The United States’…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…which were initiated in late 2008 and concluded last October, is a regional trade deal that includes the United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand,…
USDEC, NMPF Respond to International Trade Commission
…the United States assures that the signatories live up to their commitments under the agreement, as well as to their prior trade obligations. The TPP can only support the continued…
Agri View: Women Farm Operators
…Women Farming Of the 2.1 million principal operators in the United States, 288,264 were women (Table 3). This was a 6 percent decrease since 2007 larger than the decrease in…
Funding for Bioeconomy Research and Development
…United States. Over the course of this Administration, America has more than doubled our renewable energy production, and today we import less than half our oil. We are saving money…
House Ag Committee Highlights Veteran Farmer Contributions
…the United States’ level of preparedness to handle a potential outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease and our capability to prevent the introduction of animal and plant pests and diseases…
The Western View: The EPA, Waters of the USA, and Stock Ponds
Out in western Wyoming, cattle, oil and tourists are the main sources of income; and even with a town job it’s a tough place to make a life. The Western…
Food Waste Goals
…From: EPA United States 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal In the United States, EPA estimates that more food reaches landfills and incinerators than any other single material in…
Agri View: Invasive Diseases
Everett Griner talks about landscape plants affected by imported invasive diseases in today’s Agri View. Invasive Diseases From: Fine Gardening Boxwood Blight Since the first confirmed case in the United…
Funding for Critical Water Research
…problems in rural and agricultural watersheds across the United States. This funding is available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and administered…
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…to imports already expected to enter the United States; 140,000 STRV to an increase in the U.S. raw sugar tariff-rate quota from WTO quota holders; and 60,000 STRV to sugar…
CA Tops in Organic Farms, Sales
In 2014, the United States had 14,093 organic farms producing $5.5 billion in organic products, according to a survey conducted by USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The number of…
U.S. Beef Hits South Africa
…gained another valuable market for their products.” On January 7, 2016, after more than two years of intense discussions, the United States and the Republic of South Africa concluded an…