…markets and where China is sourcing commodities such as soybeans. However, the low price of U.S. commodities is attracting other export markets. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…California, both in rural areas where crops and commodities are grown and packed, and in urban centers from which products are marketed and shipped,” Johansson said. “We hope the agreements…
Kansas Representative Exploring Ways to Trade with Cuba
…number one supplier of commodities like sorghum, soy, wheat, and corn.” Currently, Cuba imports roughly 80 percent of its food from Europe, Latin America and Asia. Marshall says Cuba represent…
Trade Mitigation Package Now Covers Almonds, Cherries
At the end of last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the trade mitigation package will now also be covering additional commodities than what was initially announced…
USDA Adds Shelled Almonds and Fresh Sweet Cherry to Market Facilitation Program
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the addition of commodities to the trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign…
USDA Details Trade Damage Estimate Calculations
…developed an estimate of gross trade damages for commodities with assessed retaliatory tariffs by Canada, China, the European Union, Mexico, and Turkey to set commodity payment rates and purchase levels…
USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs
…purchase up to $1.2 billion in commodities unfairly targeted by unjustified retaliation. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will distribute these commodities through nutrition assistance programs, such as The Emergency…
Latest Climate Change Assessment Illustrates Farming Challenges of the Future
…in the modeling results. Dairies are expected to endure challenges in obtaining forage because of increased competition for water supplies between different commodities and lower returns on hay and corn…
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine in Sacramento County
…peppers. Most commodities attacked by the flies will become unfit for consumption because of decay caused by tunneling from fly larvae. Female fruit flies lay eggs in the fruit which…
USDA Announces Trade Relief Details
…the Food Purchase and Distribution Program which will be purchasing up to $1.2 billion in commodities such as apples and almonds, as well as others that have been negatively impacted…
Agri View: 2018 Farm Bill Near Completion?
…needs to keep farmers going. There are 9 title issues in this new bill al designed to make sure farmers stay in business. Commodities, conservation, trade and nutrition. It also…
Tariffs Could Cost Fruit and Nuts $3 Billion
…U.S. agricultural commodities in important export markets, which could hurt U.S. farmers. A new report released by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources’ Agricultural Issues Center estimates the…
Farming Groups Call for Swift Farm Bill Passage
…to worse,” AFBF President Zippy Duvall said.“Tariffs and stagnant global demand for commodities have left the agriculture economy in the worst shape we have seen since the farm crisis of…
Global Food Prices Decline
…which was impacted by a truck drivers’ strike. Dairy prices fell 6.6 percent in July as international price quotations across all dairy commodities fell, with the sharpest declines registered for…