…2017, and last through March 31, 2018. The tariff would affect only exporters from countries, including the United States, which do not have free trade agreements with Japan currently in…
KSU Researchers Looking for New Ways to Preserve Bacon
…a long time that meat doesn’t taste as good the longer it sits, even if it’s in the refrigerator. KSU Meat Scientist Terry Houser says the fat in the meat…
China Sets Ban on Australian Beef imports
…concerns or health issues. It stems from non-compliance issues centered on labeling meat from Australian processors that include two facilities owned by JBS of Brazil. Australia’s trade minister says there…
Exports Slip on NAFTA Uncertainty
…U.S. out of NAFTA altogether. “That threat prompted the Mexican government to look to Brazil and Argentina for alternative sources of corn and other grain products,” says Floyd Gaibler, a…
EPA, U.S. Army Move to Rescind 2015 “Waters of the U.S.”
…is thoughtful, transparent and collaborative with other agencies and the public.” This proposed rule follows February 28, 2017, Presidential Executive Order on “Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic…
Apiculture Insurance Expanded to More States
…submitters to develop innovative insurance products to meet the needs of producers. Producers have until Nov. 15, 2017, to enroll in API coverage for the 2018 crop year. Crop insurance…
Delay of Decision to Impose U.S. Ethanol Import Tariff
…imports will hurt Brazilian consumers by driving up their costs at the pump. Additionally, this action on U.S. ethanol imports will go against Brazil’s own longstanding view that ethanol tariffs…
Readout on Principals Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force
…of April 25, 2017, with Secretary Perdue serving as chairman. “We’re synchronizing departments and agencies across the federal government so that citizens can truly believe that their government can work…
Agri View: Winter Storm Losses
…did. That is the way 2017 will be for peach farmers in Georgia. They lost about 80 percent of their crops to that late winter freeze. If you put that…
Sacramento County Farm Bureau Celebrates Centennial
The Sacramento County Farm Bureau is celebrating its 100-year anniversary of protecting and promoting local agricultural interests. The bureau was honored at the 2017 California Agricultural Heritage Club Ceremony held…
U.S., China Sign Agreement to Provide Market Access for U.S. Rice Exports
…begin following the completion of an audit of U.S. rice facilities by China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: 2017 Farm Census
Everett Griner talks about 2017 Farm Census is now underway in today’s Agri View. 2017 Farm Census Well, it is time for a Census of Agriculture. We do a new…
NCC Encouraged by Appropriations Process’ Inclusion of Cottonseed Policy
…2018 crop, the NCC is continuing to work with Congress and the Administration on a Cotton Ginning Cost Share program for the 2016 and 2017 crop years. Both policy initiatives…
GEM Avocados Getting Industry Interest
…from growers. According to an article in the recent Summer 2017 issue of From the Grove Magazine, written by the California Avocado Commission’s Research Program Director Tim Spann, “There has…