…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
U.S. food producers are expediting shipments to Mexico and seeking alternative markets as concerns rise over immigration and trade policy changes. Food producers are lining up alternative markets as business…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…these dedicated advocates,” Conaway said. General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Jurisdiction: Policies, statutes, and markets relating to commodities including barley, cotton, cottonseed, corn, grain sorghum, honey, mohair, oats, other…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…In 2015, California exported approximately 26 percent of its agricultural production by volume, accounting for $20.69 billion in value. California’s leading agricultural export products by value are almonds ($5.14 billion),…
U.S. Dairy Companies Push Back Against Canada’s Protectionist Policies
Group Urges U.S. Governors to Aid in Preserving Export Markets and ‘Consider All Tools at Their Disposal’ The U.S. dairy industry continued to push back against Canada’s protectionist policies that…
Seed Trade Talks at Disney
…West Coast because they are the major vegetable markets, and it gives us great access to speakers, industry participants and growers to come provide their wisdom and participate in what…
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…
Perdue Confirmation Hearing Not Set
…He is a founder of Perdue Partner’s LLC, a global trading firm that helps companies to export ag products like grains, nuts, produce, and alcohol, in addition to industrial supplies,…
Ag Groups Want NAFTA Gains Preserved
…“preserving and building on the gains that have been made.” The letter was released by the Corn Refiners Association, whose high-fructose corn syrup is a major export to Mexico. The…
AFBF Endorses Bills to Repeal Death Tax
…are unpredictable and beyond their control, from changing weather to fluctuating markets,” Duvall said. “These family-run businesses need a tax code that encourages investment, rather than one that punishes their…
Maintaining Pork Exports to Canada, Mexico Critical
…No. 2 and No. 4 export markets, respectively, for U.S. pork. Weber Since the U.S.-Canada-Mexico free trade agreement went into effect Jan. 1, 1994, U.S. trade north and south of…
Ag Reacts to Trump TPP Move
…clear and obvious benefit to the California citrus industry and broader U.S. agricultural sector.” The TPP included an immediate elimination of tariffs on citrus exports to Vietnam and a gradual…
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) urged the Trump Administration not to retreat from pursuing new trade opportunities in the Pacific Rim, and…
AFBF Pres. Duvall Re: Importance of Trade to U.S. Agriculture
Duvall “U.S. agriculture creates jobs and supports economic growth in rural America, and American agriculture depends on maintaining and increasing access to markets outside the United States. Trade is vital…