…National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Rural Development (RD), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Grain inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Food Safety and Inspection service (FSIS) and…
Turkey Sector: Background & Statistics
…pounds 2014: 5.76 billion pounds 2015: 5.63 billion pounds 2016: 6.06 billion pounds (October forecast) Data are reported by NASS, and forecasts are reported in the monthly World Agricultural Supply…
COOL Not on the Agenda for Trump
Country-of-Origin meat labeling will not be making a comeback under a Trump administration. Politico reports that Trump’s Agriculture Advisory Committee was quick to mobilize and inform Trump’s transition team that…
Photosynthesis on Steroids
Scientists can now manipulate a plant’s genes to help it use sunlight more efficiently. It’s a breakthrough that could possibly lead to more food grown for an expanding world population….
Agri View: Cyber Crime
Everett Griner talks about agriculture now a cyber crime target in today’s Agri View. Cyber Crime Agriculture was one of the last American industries to adopt computer technology. Today it…
Back to the Future? H-2A Program Growth
The H-2A program has grown exponentially over the last seven years, especially in California, showing history repeating itself in the agriculture labor sector. The H-2A program allows employers to hire…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
15 Major U.S. Companies Pledge 50 Percent Reduction in Food Loss and Waste Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the inaugural class of…
Canada Cattle Producers urge Trade Fight if Trump Revives COOL
Cattle producers from Canada will urge the nation to retaliate against the United States, should U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump revive the U.S. Country-of-Origin meat labeling program (COOL). An internal memo…
Senate Ag Committee Urges Obama to Press China on Biotech Approvals
…agriculture biotechnology product approvals in China. The bipartisan letter contains 37 signatures, 16 of which are Senate Agriculture Committee members. The Senators write, “American producers rely on access to the…
U.S. Turkey Production
…pounds 2014: 5.76 billion pounds 2015: 5.63 billion pounds 2016: 6.06 billion pounds (October forecast) Data are reported by NASS, and forecasts are reported in the monthly World Agricultural Supply…
Froman: TPP in Purgatory
…trade agenda has to be.” He encouraged President-elect Donald Trump to focus on strengthening the problem’s he sees in trade agreements including TPP and NAFTA. From the National Association of…
USDA Awards Funding for Market Development Programs
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is awarding $200 million to more than 70 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand…
Grains Council Encourages Focus On Expanding Ag Exports
…levels, with shipments to Japan, South Korea, Peru and Taiwan more than doubling. (See more analysis here.) “Ag exports count for our farmer and agribusiness members and are counted on…
Agri View: Disaster Assistance
…great. But it includes the commercial world as much as out benevolent organizations, and those good hearted individuals. So, now you know. That’s Agri View for today, I’m Everett Griner….























