…significant increase in regulatory costs for California farmers. From 2005 to 2017, these costs rose from $109 per acre to $977 per acre due to food safety regulations, labor laws,…
Study Warns U.S.-China Trade War Could Harm Farmers and Boost Rivals
DepositPhotos image A new economic study warns that a renewed trade war between the U.S. and China could severely harm American farmers while benefiting Brazil and Argentina. The study, conducted…
Chef Competition in Vietnam Highlights Taste and Quality of U.S. Pork
…live streamed event is a collaboration between the U.S. Meat Export Federation, the National Pork Board, the Indiana Soybean Alliance, and the Indiana Corn Marketing Board. Indiana soybean grower Chris…
USDA Releases Interim Report on Meat Industry Practices
DepositPhotos image The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its Interim Report: Competition and Fair Practices in Meat Merchandising. The report aims to assess how retail concentration and business…
NCBA Releases Findings from Cattle Producer Tax Survey
DepositPhotos image The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) released a report analyzing data collected in a nationwide tax survey of America’s cattle producers. With the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs…
USDA Unveils New Actions to Boost Fair Markets and Lower Food Prices
…competitive markets for American farmers and ranchers, and lower food prices for American families. USDA published an interim report that assesses competitive conditions in the meat retail industry. The report…
American Agriculture History Minute: Learning from the Squanto Indians in Plymouth Colony
…soon realized there was value in trading meat from animals they could not store in exchange for furs and fruits. That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks…
Dock Worker Strikes Threaten U.S. Meat Exports
…at the U.S. Meat Export Federation. The affected ports are critical, having facilitated nearly $3 billion in red meat exports during the first seven months of the year, averaging about…
Colombia Lifts Ban on American Beef Imports
…hurt U.S. beef export purchases and reduced Colombia’s spending by as much as 70 percent during the summer. The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) says the U.S. is Colombia’s largest…
Looking Long Term at Markets
…opportunity? What’s going to happen with Brazil? They still have a fair amount of acreage there they can tap into if they want to. “ However, he pointed out that…
Final Awards through Landmark Meat and Poultry Processing Investment
Refrigerated display case with fresh meat in supermarket. By iardcom/DepositPhotos USDA is awarding more than $35 million in grants to 15 independent meat processors in 12 states to increase processing…
Updated Guidelines for Claims on Meat and Poultry Labels
By belchonock/DepositPhotos The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released updated guidelines to improve how companies support claims about how animals are raised and the environmental impact of meat and…
Update from G20 Agricultural Ministers Meeting
…Ministers meeting held in Brazil this weekend. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land Of Ours program here. Sponsored Content Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection For Those Beef On Dairy Animals…
Banks Urged to Stop Financing Livestock Production
Image by maxym/DepositPhotos image More than 100 climate groups are pressuring JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and other private banks to stop financing global meat and dairy companies. Agriculture Dive Dot Com…