…First Thing Today says the country will immediately allow beef imports from cattle less than 30 months old. After a phase-in period, imports will expand to include beef products from…
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
…have been mitigated by the large supplies from the Southeast and lower prices for off-season imports this winter. Mid-May hailstorms likely dampened earlier crop prospects in California. California’s 2016 dried…
Food Security
…interpreted as ”projected imports” as the difference may be reduced or eliminated by imports and/or improvements in agricultural productivity. The model estimates per capita food consumption and evaluates that against…
Cuba Wants Credit to Increase Food Production
Cuba’s agriculture minister says the country wants to increase food production to cut food imports in half, but needs funds to make that goal happen. Cuba currently imports $2 billion…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…U.S. agricultural imports from Japan exceeded $565 million in 2013. Meats are the largest component of Japan’s agricultural imports-about 20 percent in recent years. Japan imports large quantities of pork,…
Agri View: Different Crops
…of overall U.S. fruit and tree nut supplies while nearly half of the available supplies for domestic consumption come from imports. Read more. From: The Harris Poll Comfort Foods, Sickbed…
Agri View: Favorite Seafood
Everett Griner talks about the U.S. banning seafood imports in today’s Agri View. Favorite Seafood From: New York Daily News Obama bans U.S. imports of goods produced by slavery, child…
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…to market their supplies. After this action, there was no surplus beet allotment to reassign to raw cane sugar imports. USDA is closely monitoring sugar production, stocks, consumption, imports, and…
Agri View: Weather Losses
…world seeks to feed nine billion people by 2050. U.S. agriculture exists as part of the global economy and agricultural exports have outpaced imports as part of the overall balance…
Farmers Check Impact of Spring Storms
…will help stabilize pricing, but we’re going to see more imports to make up for the shortfall,” Thompson said. “One good thing is we have a fair amount of inventory…
Agri View: Ostrich Farming
…killing off entire populations of ranched animals. However, once the ban on ostrich imports was lifted by the South African government, the US, New Zealand, and Australia began a 30…
Conaway-“Cotton Growers Under Assault”
…announced a three percent duty on all U.S. cotton fiber imports into Turkey. This action follows the country’s unfounded investigation into whether U.S. cotton was dumped into Turkey, an allegation…
Sec. Ross’ Visit to Vietnam
…regard to imports of American goods up range. “Companies specializing in agriculture in the US western states keen to enter the Vietnamese market and increase exports to Vietnam through agreements…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…the Mexican government to strictly regulate imports so that this price level is not undermined by subsidized corn imports. Economists in both Mexico and the United States predict that if…