USDA Shares 2015 Results

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…USDA has increased the number of summer meals served by 16.1% . Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, USDA has served a total of 1.2 billion summer meals. Cost…

Drone Registration Rules Announced

Taylor HillmanTechnology

…before December 21 must register by February 19. Anyone who purchases a UAS after December 21 must register before they first fly outdoors. Drone registration will cost $5 per operator;…

DuPont and Dow to Combine in Merger of Equals

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…expected to deliver approximately $3 billion in cost synergies, with 100 percent of the run-rate cost synergies achieved within the first 24 months following the closing of the transaction. Additional…

The Western View: Vocational Education

Taylor HillmanFeatures, Western View

…schools. But students outside of agriculture programs don’t have that advantage, and are not taught the basic job skills associated with manual labor. Those students are on a college program,…

NCBA on WTO COOL Tariffs

Taylor HillmanCattle, General

…immediate action is needed by the Senate or retaliation against U.S. exports will soon follow. “The WTO today ruled that the U.S. COOL rule has cost Canadian and Mexican livestock…

WTO Okays $1.01 Billion In Tariffs On U.S. Goods

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…meat imports have cost our trading partners over $1 billion dollars. Canada and Mexico are now authorized to impose retaliatory tariffs in that amount against U.S. exports. House Agriculture Committee…