…export customers have changed with a significant reduction in exports to China. However, reduced exports to China have been partially offset by increased U.S. exports to Vietnam. For 2016, the…
Year of the Pansy
…gardeners because that makes them critter proof. Daffodil is actually just a nickname. The Brassica family of plants is one of the most prolific genera of vegetables in the world,…
February WASDE Report Released This Week
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its February World Ag Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report this week. The 2016/17 U.S. corn outlook is for increasing food, seed, and industrial…
January Dairy Market Report
The January Dairy Market Report is now available. Continued growth in domestic butter and cheese consumption, coupled with further recovery of world prices for skim milk powder and whey, strengthened…
Ethanol Exports Reached Record-High 1.01 Billion Gallons in 2016
…the leading ethanol export product, accounting for 51 percent of total exports in 2016; and Exports to South America and East Asia had explosive growth in 2016, increasing 118 percent…
Trump Urged To Start Trade Talks With Japan
…with most of the exports going to Japan. Nearly 9,000 U.S. jobs would be generated by increased exports of livestock products, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s export multiplier….
South Dakota Considering Country-of-Origin Labeling
…reports the rule would exclude prepared and ready-to-eat foods. Mandatory federal country-of-origin labeling was bitterly opposed by the meat processing industry and ultimately dismantled by a series of World Trade…
Agri View: Popular Breakfast Food
Everett Griner talks about what the most popular breakfast food is, and how it is made in today’s Agri View. Popular Breakfast Food You know it has long been established…
ARS Genetics Researcher Named Fairchild Medal Recipient
…species into the U.S. The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency. ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting Americans every day….
Trump Trade Policies Good for New Zealand?
Petersen The New Zealand trade envoy says a Donald Trump presidency might be good for his country. Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Mike Petersen says, “He (Trump) is really strong on…
NMPF Urges Senate Ag Committee to Confirm Perdue as Ag Secretary
The National Milk Producers Federation urged the Senate Agriculture Committee to swiftly confirm former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, as NMPF, its 29 member…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…of Agriculture (USDA) is helping University of California researchers refine collaborative robotic technology that could change the way crops are maintained worldwide, saving millions of gallons of water each year…
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
…projects that are relevant to the community, Diaz Rios said. Merced County’s economy is largely based around agriculture, yet many people here do not have adequate access to food or…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…since the 1990s of the passage of NAFTA and other regional trade agreements, the establishment of the World Trade Organization, the formation of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and the…