…other multinational type of trade agreement,” he said. “Clearly (Trump) is a businessman, and I think he understands that we are in a world economy and we just want to…
2016 Biodiesel Market Skunks Previous Records
…imports. Imports provide more than a third of the U.S. biodiesel market. Figures by the Environmental Protection Agency show the 2.9 billion gallons represented an 800 million gallon increase of…
Agri View: Gulf Dead Zone
…there is no part of the country or the world that is immune. The second largest dead zone in the world is located in the U.S., in the northern Gulf…
Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference This Weekend
…panel of industry professionals from the University of Florida (UF) will be discussing the agricultural and business environment in Cuba. They will be discussing the evolution of Cuba’s agricultural environment…
Geneticist Edward Buckler Awarded First NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s chief scientific in-house research agency. The Agency strives to…
Maintaining Pork Exports to Canada, Mexico Critical
…No. 2 and No. 4 export markets, respectively, for U.S. pork. Weber Since the U.S.-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement went into effect Jan. 1, 1994, U.S. trade north and south of…
CCM Supports Stay on Argentine Lemon Rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in accordance with guidance from the White House issued January 20, 2017, today issued a stay for…
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
…urge the Trump Administration to look for future opportunities to increase our dairy exports in Asia and around the world. Our competitors have been successfully negotiating trade agreements over the…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Re: Importance of Trade to U.S. Agriculture
…to protect and advance U.S. agricultural interests in the critical Asia-Pacific region. “American agriculture is virtually always a winner when trade agreements remove barriers to U.S. crop and livestock exports…
Cattlemen Express Concerns With Trump Administration’s Trade Action
…to take action on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Brunner “TPP and NAFTA have long been convenient political punching bags, but the reality is that foreign trade has…
Rising Global Temperatures Poised to Crush Crop Yields
…“business as usual” levels, the world will see twice as many days with temperatures above 86 degrees Fahrenheit as it does now. Because crop yields start to drop when temperatures…
Agri View: A Clear Misunderstanding
Everett Griner talks about consumers misunderstanding the farmer and farming in today’s Agri View. A Clear Misunderstanding I think it is fair to assume that one of the most difficult…
CDFA Farm Bill Listening Sessions
…8th (4:30 – 6:30 p.m.) Silver Dollar Fair (Harvest Hall) 2357 Fair Street Chico, CA 95928 Tulare (World Ag Expo) – Thursday, February 16th (Noon – 3:00 p.m.) . International…
Perdue Nominated as Ag Secretary; Ag Groups Show Support
…pick to head the Agriculture Department. As a lifelong agri-businessman and veterinarian, as well as the two-term governor of a state where agriculture’s the largest industry, Gov. Perdue has a…