Different strains of avian influenza were found over the holiday season globally, according to two global health agencies that say the number of human infections appears to have decreased over…
Canada Launches WTO Trade Disputes Against U.S.
Canada has launched a wide-ranging trade dispute against the United States that challenges the U.S. use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties. Canada appeared to be mounting a case on behalf…
Winter Wheat Growers Holding on Through Cold Snap
…supply of wheat around the world as well as a recent drought. Ken Wood, a producer from Kansas, says the temperature dropped to minus-eight degrees on the morning of January…
Farm Bureau’s Duvall Praises ‘Fresh Air’ in D.C.
…to be able to advocate for getting things done…instead of having to constantly defend agriculture against a steady stream of challenges from our own government.” In his address Duvall covered…
New Zealand Production Drop Causes Dairy Prices to Rise
…largest dairy exporter. During the first auction of 2018, the Global Dairy Trade Price Index (GDT) gained 2.2 percent. This comes after the milk co-operative Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy…
Celebrating Our Feathered Friends
…birds act as natural pest control for crops by feeding on agricultural pests such as rodents and insects. In these days of organic product market growth and increasing popularity, the…
Celebrating One of the Most Loved Pastas
…flour, this pasta has been a worldwide favorite for ages and served in a variety of ways from spaghetti a-la Carbonara or garlic and oil to spaghetti with tomato sauce,…
Demand Supporting Hog Prices
…by 2.5 percent and hog prices were up ten percent. The reason was strong pork demand around the world. That was led by bacon demand in the U.S. where retail…
USMEF Concerned About Mexican Beef Grading System
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has filed comments with the Mexican government regarding its concerns about the country’s beef grading standards. A Meating Place Dot Com article says Mexico’s…
Brazil Beef Exports Returning to the U.S. in 2018
…Brazil is the world’s largest beef exporter and the country is forecasting exports to grow by 10 percent next year, after going nine percent higher in 2017. The nine percent…
USDA: Global Food Insecurity Has Improved Significantly
…Food Security Act in 2016, which seeks to reduce food insecurity and poverty in a variety of ways, including agricultural growth and a broad commitment to improved nutrition. Improvements in…
USDA Issues Permit for Santa’s Reindeer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a movement permit to Mr. S. Claus of the North Pole, a broker with Worldwide Gifts,…
Hops Industry Toasting This Holiday Season
…in the past five years is larger than the total acreage of most of the other hops-growing countries around the world. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Expanding U.S. Commodity Markets Top Priority for USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service
64.5 billion pounds of fruit and vegetables, and 44.4 billion eggs graded/inspected domestically The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced the agency facilitated the export of…