…from the United States, purchasing 350 million gallons, and ranked in the Top 10 for distillers grains. Canada has imported more ethanol from the United States since 2012 than any…
NPPC Applauds U.S. House Passage of Ag Inspectors Funding
…and other foreign animal diseases (FAD) from entering the United States. This funding, included in the fiscal year 2020 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, is a top priority for…
Proactive IPM Projects Tackle Weevils, Leafminers, Midges
…if flight is a way the weevils can travel. Another project receiving almost $500,000 will look at a tomato leafminer called Tuta absoluta. The pest is widespread throughout Europe, Africa, western…
‘Very Large’ Chinese Trade Agreement Reached
…Phase One agreement that achieves meaningful, fully-enforceable structural changes and begins rebalancing the U.S.-China trade relationship,” United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a news release. “This unprecedented agreement…
Seven Trade Missions to Expand Ag Exports Planned for 2020
…will include several first-time destinations. U.S. trade representatives will be stopping in Spain and Portugal in June, the United Kingdom in September, and Australia and New Zealand in October. The…
USDA to Make Funding Available in 2020 to Deploy High-Speed Broadband Internet Infrastructure in Rural America
Announcement Made at Round One Investment in Iowa (USDA/RD) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the availability of a second round of $550 million in United States Department…
House Passage of Immigration Bill Heartens Farm Bureau
…would improve agricultural visa programs and accommodate immigrant agricultural employees already in the United States, while enhancing border security. “Though we’re heartened by the House vote, we realize there’s a…
California Farm Bureau Welcomes Agreement on USMCA
…United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The USMCA will reduce barriers to trade throughout North America. “We’ve been advocating for months for a vote on the USMCA, so we’re happy the White House…
Groups Stress Swift Passage Needed for USMCA
…tariffs. Since the original NAFTA did not eliminate all tariffs on agricultural trade between the United States and Canada, the USMCA will create new market access opportunities for United States…
2020 Will Be International Year of Plant Health
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is launching the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health for 2020. The initiative is aimed at raising global awareness on how protecting plant…
Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures Released
…and understand. I also enjoy the fictional history of our best western novelists. Books like ’Riders of the Purple Sage’, The Sacketts, Shalako, or Hondo – these books define a…
New ARS Strawberry is a ‘Keepsake’
…handling during harvest and packaging. It is expected that this berry will perform well for growers in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States and adjacent areas. ‘Keepsake’ primarily fruits with…
NPPC, AFBF File Legal Challenge to California’s Proposition 12
…reach outside of California’s borders to farms across the United States and beyond. “Proposition 12 revolves around a set of arbitrary standards that lack any scientific, technical or agricultural basis,…
Strategies for Mealybug Control in Vineyards
…topics of discussion at the 2019 Sustainable Ag Expo, which also featured the International Sustainable Wine Summit for the first time in the United States. “We talked about the relationship…