…at local farmer’s markets, or to local breweries specializing in the craft beer business. It’s as simple as knowing which (from about 120) varieties that grow best in your area,…
2019 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship to be Hosted in California
…local livestock markets and the role the auctioneer plays in true-price discovery,” said Kristen Parman, LMA Vice President of Membership Services. Additionally, because the WLAC semi-finalists are competing for such…
Deadline Extended for Producers to Certify 2018 Crop Production for MFP Payments
…have been significantly affected by foreign tariffs, resulting in the loss of traditional exports. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) extended the deadline because heavy rainfall and snowfall have delayed harvests…
EU Trade Negotiations Progress Despite Reluctance to Include Agriculture
…growers, as the EU is the biggest export market for the state’s ag products. Collectively, the EU and the U.S. are each other’s largest trading partners with trade between the…
2018 Had the Lowest Wine Export Value in Six Years
The U.S. wine export value declined by nearly five percent last year as trade relations with important wine markets continue to be strained. The $1.47 billion in wine exports was…
US Wins Another Dispute Over Chinese Trade Practices
…Chinese market. “Making sure our trading partners play by the rules is vital to providing our farmers the opportunity to export high-quality, American-grown products to the world,” Secretary Perdue said…
State Trade Expansion Program Deadline Approaches
…assist in the expansion of existing exporting activities to additional markets. Some of the qualified activities include foreign trade missions, as well as trade show exhibitions for select product categories…
NPPC Cancels 2019 World Pork Expo as Precaution
…export dependent,” Herring said. “An ASF outbreak would immediately close our export markets at a time when we are already facing serious trade headwinds. The retaliatory tariffs we currently face…
AFBF Concerned about Labor, Trade if Border Closed
…adversely affected by any of these efforts and that producers who depend on international markets and workers have an assurance that their farm businesses are not jeopardized.” Source: American Farm…
Seed Industry Storms the Hill
…is a global industry, with U.S. exports totaling $1.9 billion in 2018. Seed exports to the U.S.’ largest markets—Mexico and Canada—combined for a total of $630 million last year. ASTA…
U.S. Pork Can’t Afford Loss of Mexican Market
…Council and a pork producer from Lillington, North Carolina. “A cloud of uncertainty and restricted access to our most important export markets have strained U.S. pork producers and their families…
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Farm Bill Program Funding
…2013. Add climbing farm debt and debt-to-asset ratios, rising bankruptcies and retaliatory tariffs that weigh on farm prices and erode our competitiveness in key export markets and the case for…
Good Market for ‘Off’ California Avocados in 2019
It’s going to be a light year for California avocados, but markets are setting up nicely. 2019 is technically an off-year for alternate bearing California avocado trees. “We have a somewhat smaller…
U.S. to End Trade Preference Program for India and Turkey
…allows particular products to be exported to the U.S. duty-free so long as eligibility requirements set by Congress are upheld. Some of the criteria include recognizing worker rights as well…