…The focus on food, he said, has direct ties to UC efforts and is vastly relevant to this region. “It’s not uncommon for people who live in agricultural areas to…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…after the November election, our dairy exports are worth more than $5 billion annually, generating 120,000 jobs in dairy farming, manufacturing and related sectors. Any disruption in exports of dairy…
Food Producers Accelerating Exports to Mexico, Searching for New Markets
…and 2010, Mexico put tariffs on 99 American exports in retaliation to the U.S. blocking Mexican trucks from using U.S. highways. The dispute cost U.S. businesses more than $2 billion….
Western View: Living History at a State Park
…agricultural dynamo in which we live. There are four parks that, in my opinion, teach us a lot about the people who came before us. These parks celebrate the diverse…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…implementation. We also recently wrapped up a two-year, top-to-bottom review of SNAP, and we examined the benefits of biotechnology, the future of agricultural trade, the importance of agriculture to our…
Brazil Proposes Opening Farmland for Foreign Ownership
The President of Brazil plans to propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land in the nation in an effort to pull its economy out a two-year…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…$3.40 billion Lettuce — $2.26 billion Strawberries — $1.86 billion Tomatoes — $1.71 billion Flowers and Foliage — $1.08 billion Walnuts — $977 million Hay — $945 million Agricultural Exports…
Monsanto to Appeal California Glyphosate Ruling
…nation’s leading agricultural state, saying California officials illegally based their decision to require the labels on information from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, according to the LA Times….
Making Spinach with Low Oxalate Levels
by Sharon Durham, Agricultural Research Service ARS geneticist Beiquan Mou and colleagues analyzed hundreds of spinach plants to find ones with less oxalate, a compound linked to kidney stones. Photo…
USDA NASS Conducting Certified Organic Survey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is conducting the 2016 Certified Organic Survey to gather new data on certified organic crops and livestock commodities in…
U.S. Dairy Companies Push Back Against Canada’s Protectionist Policies
…governors. “[An existing provincial] program has already cost U.S. companies tens of millions of dollars in exports, thereby harming the dairy farmers, dairy plant employees and rural communities that depend…
NPPC Hails Trump U.K. Trade Announcement
…given the EU’s intransigence on eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers on agricultural products, including pork. “In pursuing better trade with the U.K. and working toward a free trade agreement with…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
…grain farmers’ market access globally and open up existing export markets to new levels of competition. Over the past two decades, U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico tripled and…
Trump Mexico Tax Would Hurt Agriculture
…to pay for a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, estimated to be worth billions of dollars. The tax would presumably apply to agricultural products, including fruits and vegetables…