…establishment of 22 research and promotion boards. They empower industry stakeholders to leverage their own resources to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities….
U.S. Cattlemen’s Convention Discusses Industry Challenges
…futures contracts to benefit large investors at the expense of cattle producers. A markets expert and lobbyist for the alternative stock exchange IEX said packers are too powerful and could…
WASDE at a Glance
…last month due to higher supplies. Changes for 2015/16 include higher exports and lower ending stocks. Exports are increased 60 million to a record 1,940 million bushels based on official…
Dairy Groups Urge Challenge to Dairy Agreement in Canada
…Canada’s increasingly protectionist policies violate “international trade obligations, hold out the prospect of trade diversion with attendant global price-depressing impacts and are in conflict with the principles of free markets…
Russia to Become Top Wheat Exporter in 2016-2017
…the 1970’s. That historic output combined with some of the cheapest wheat in the world in the Black Sea region has Russia poised to become the top wheat exporter at…
Agri View: Pecan Marketing Order
…United States. In fact, research has been declining in recent years. China is the best export market, but efforts are being made to build those markets in India, Turkey and…
National Mango Board Members Named
…to leverage their own resources to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight, paid for by industry assessments, which ensures fiscal…
California to Receive About $6 Million from USDA Grant Program
…Isom – $433,807 to catalyze private investment in habitat mitigation markets The 2016 projects focus on water quality, conservation finance and assistance to historically underserved USDA customers. Approximately 25 percent…
DPR Takes Action Against Grower
…produce samples annually from wholesale and retail stores, farmers markets and other outlets for testing at California Department of Food and Agriculture’s laboratories. The laboratories test for more than 300…
Dairy Fighting for Immigration, TPP, and Child Nutrition
…Congress to vote it up or down. But delaying consideration of the deal, or voting against it, would reduce our opportunities to capture growing dairy markets in the Pacific Rim….
Women in Agriculture Trade Mission is Underway
…Next year, China is projected to return as the United States’ top export market. In contrast to China, where more than 70 percent of U.S. exports are bulk commodities, more…
R&D Investments for Small Businesses
…contribute to a modern rural American economy and rallying our partners to help draw investment from the private and foundational sectors to build these new markets and new opportunities from…
New York Moving Toward E-15 Approval
The New York Department of Agriculture and Markets is proposing a new rule to allow the sale of E-15. The new rule would apply to all vehicles model year 2001…
Soybean Use Exceeded USDA Expectations
…that soybean consumption has exceeded the USDA’s August projection due to a strong pace of overseas exports. USDA predicted marketing year exports at 1.88 billion bushels. Good says based on…