…agricultural trade stakeholders – representing more than 30 agricultural boards, commissions, marketing orders, cooperatives and associations. We look forward to working with you in expanding the nation’s agricultural trade outlook…
Apply for Value-Added Producer Grant Program
…or are proposing a mid-tier value chain. Independent producers, agricultural producer groups, and cooperatives are all eligible to apply. Paper applications for the Value-Added Producer Grant Program are due by…
ROXY Rice Unveiled at Rice Field Day
…a major focal point this year. The event was sponsored by the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation and the University of California with support from many agricultural businesses. Attendees had…
NAFTA Renegotiation Could Send Avocado Prices Soaring
…agricultural products, beginning a tit-for-tat cycle that could broadly limit agricultural trade.” In the winter, when California isn’t growing avocados, Mexico supplies 75 percent to 80 percent of all the…
South Korea Trade Teams Tour U.S. Agriculture
…duty-free access for U.S. corn, sorghum, DDGS and ethanol exports. The agreement, which went into effect in 2012, also included a 2,500-ton duty-free quota for U.S. barley. From the National…
USDA Restructuring Efforts Move Forward
…moving of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration into one agency, the Agricultural Marketing Service. Other changes include: moving the food standards Codex office from the Food Safety and…
California Dairy Production Increases from Last Year
The numbers on California dairy production for the month of July have recently been released by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Total cheese production for…
Funding to Recruit and Educate a More Diverse Agricultural Workforce
…to teach food and agricultural sciences, and other colleges and universities with the capacity to teach food and agricultural sciences. Additionally, research foundations maintained by an eligible college or university…
Cattlemen Launch Month Long Media Campaign for Comprehensive Tax Reform
…for agricultural producers. The campaign will be centered around a new website, CattlemenForTaxReform.com, and will run through September. “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enact truly comprehensive tax reform, and…
Secretary Perdue Announces USDA Improvements
…and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (TFAA). The importance of this addition is underscored by recent U.S. advances in international trade. USDA anticipates that U.S. farm exports will total $139.8 billion this…
Perdue on President Trump’s Tax Reform Agenda
…a complicated operation, so to place more burdens on the people of agriculture through the tax code has never made any sense. Most agricultural enterprises are small businesses, and the…
American Biofuels Producers Demand U.S. Government Respond to Brazilian Tariff
…imports, a trade barrier that threatens over $750 million in U.S. exports and American jobs. On August 23, 2017, Brazil’s Chamber of Foreign Trade imposed an immediate two-year tariff-rate quota…
Farmer Optimism Waning
Another poll released this week shows optimism is decreasing in farm country. DTN-The Progressive Farmers released its August Agricultural Confidence Index this week. The survey finds that while farmers are…
Almond Board: Ag in the Classroom
…Ag in the Classroom. Ag in the Classroom provides a network of resources to improve agricultural awareness, knowledge and appreciation among pre-K through grade 12 teachers and their students. By…