…Mill Natural Foods, Inc., Milwaukie, Ore. 4. Black River Commodities LLC, Pocahontas, Ark. 5. Bridgepathway, Jericho, N.Y. 6. Commercial Lynks, Inc., Alexandria, Va. 7. Crescent Dairy and Beverages, LLC, Walterboro,…
Lawmakers Renew Call for Completing NAFTA This Week
…issues including reducing the trade deficit, preventing job outsourcing and providing better market access to Canada for U.S. dairy farmers. The “skinny NAFTA,” Ujczo says, would fall in line with…
USDA Backs Off on Organic Checkoff Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would not be pursuing an organic checkoff program which would have funded research and marketing for organic produce. The decision to…
OTA Comments on USDA Halting Organic Checkoff Proposal
…dairy and egg prices are flattening “because of USDA’s failure to move the animal welfare rule forward.” OTA says the USDA statement on uncertain industry support is “simply wrong,” adding…
Agri View: Georgia Citrus Expanding Thanks to Research
…The research is in the developing a variety that will do well. That research is well underway. Citrus production doubled in 2017. It looks just as promising for this year….
Organic Produce Has Strong First Quarter
The Organic Produce Network (OPN) has released an informational analysis that indicates organic produce had a strong first quarter for 2018. Using marketing research from Nielson, OPN evaluated the sales…
NAFTA Clock Is Ticking
…rules of origin issue. Some of the other complicated issues to deal with include the seasonal produce proposal, investor-state dispute settlement, and market access for dairy. U.S. Trade Representative Robert…
Texas Tech to Launch Veterinary School
…thus expanding opportunities to combine research efforts impacting both human and animal health. Economic officials in Amarillo applaud the economic investment the school will provide the community, along with “generations…
Co-ops Support California Federal Milk Marketing Order
…Dairy Farmers of America and Land O’Lakes, Inc., announced their shared support of the proposal this week. In a joint statement, the three cooperatives said they “believe the proposal will…
Report Shows Improvements in Animal Welfare, Quality and Sustainability
…includes a comprehensive profile of the beef community today, the impact of beef production to the U.S. economy, and the research-based tools and resources used to raise beef. National Cattlemen’s…
NAFTA Talks Continue This Week
…are pushing to finalize an updated agreement this week. However, as Bloomberg reports, several contentious issues remain unresolved as the talks have stretched over more than eight months, including dairy….
Food Price Index up 2.7 Percent
…of the United Nations averaged 173.5 points, up 2.7 percent from April 2017. While the prices of most cereal grains and dairy products continued to increase in April, sugar prices…
Agri View: Honeybee Research Continuing
Everett Griner talks about honeybee research in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses a grant researchers have received to study the Varroa mite problem. The deadly parasitic Varroa mite on the…
Fresno State Awarded Irrigation Innovation Grant
…Technologies has been involved with irrigation research since 1980, school officials said. Collectively the universities will use the grant to launch the Irrigation Innovation Consortium. Fresno State officials said the…