The Department of Agriculture has stopped consideration of a national organic checkoff program. The Agricultural Marketing Service published the proposal this week to terminate the rulemaking for the organic checkoff….
Trump Deal on China’s ZTE May Reduce Ag Tariff’s
…U.S. agricultural products, including soybeans and pork, and has slowed the importation of U.S. ag products by inspecting each export container. The threats stem from Trump’s steel and aluminum import…
Canada, China, Talking Trade
…China this week for a mission to showcase Canada’s agricultural products. Canada is meeting with Chinese companies and participating in discussions on cooperation between the two countries and to advocate…
Perdue Names Bruce Summers AMS Administrator
…work every day to support the country’s diverse agricultural operations, which range from individual farmers to international businesses and employ one-in-12 American workers. Summers began at USDA in the Fruit…
Agriculture Prominent in U.S. and China Discussions
…D.C. during the week. Ross says U.S. officials presented a list of requested changes in China’s trade policies, going “product by product and quantity by quantity.” Agricultural goods featured prominently…
St. Louis Fed Survey Shows Farm Income Down Once Again
Farm income declined in the first quarter of 2018, the 17th-consecutive quarter of lower income numbers. The latest Agricultural Finance Monitor, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis,…
Secretary Perdue Names FSA Administrator
…Fordyce will provide leadership for FSA and its mission to support agricultural production across America through a network of over 2,100 county and 50 state offices. “As a fourth-generation farmer,…
2017 California Raisin Grape Mechanical Harvest Report
Total acreage harvested by mechanical means was 45,548, just over 30 percent of the State’s total raisin-type grape acreage, according to the Pacific Region Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…
Conaway Comments on Trump Challenging India Market Practices
…its allowable levels of trade-distorting domestic support. Conaway says India is not the only country, however, harming U.S. agriculture. He says the global agricultural market is “awash with high and…
USDA Projects Smaller Corn, Soybean Crops
The May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the Department of Agriculture projects smaller corn and soybean crops this year. The corn crop is projected at 14.0 billion bushels,…
UCANR Releases New Report for Raspberry Production Costs
…Agriculture and Natural Resources’ (UCANR) Agricultural Issues Center and UC Cooperative Extension provide important information for growers contemplating new commodities to grow. The latest study, “Sample Costs to Produce and…
NOW Sterile Release Program Moving Quicker Than Anticipated
…and don’t produce any offspring and essentially, like we’ve done with Pink Bollworm, basically mate them out of existence,” said Western Agricultural Processors Association President and CEO Roger Isom. “The…
China Trade Discussion Continues Next Week
…China’s top economic official is expected to visit Washington, D.C. next week to resume the negotiations sparked by U.S. tariffs. China is imposing and threatening tariffs of U.S. agricultural products,…
Secretary Perdue Commits to Prioritizing Food Waste Solutions
…food supply chain. Following the roundtable, Secretary Perdue issued the following statement: “Our nation’s agricultural abundance should be used to nourish those in need, not fill the trash,” said Secretary…