…forecasts indicate that total ethanol production capacity will have increased 850 to 900 million gallons by 2020 when compared to 2017. Ethanol producers will be facing a downturn in the…
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tidwell Announces Retirement
…their residual impacts on the agency’s lands stewardship. Tidwell was appointed Chief of the Forest Service on June 17, 2009. His final day in office will be September 1, 2017….
Lighthizer: NAFTA Costing Jobs, Failing Americans
…their jobs due to changing trade flows under the agreement, according to meat industry publication Meatingplace. Lighthozer says: “We cannot ignore the huge trade deficits, the lost manufacturing jobs, the…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…of the Board and elected an entire slate of new Officers for the 2017/2018 Program Year. The $74 million 2018 proposed budget represents an increase of $4 million compared with…
2016 Air Monitoring Shows Pesticides Below Health Screening Levels
…additional protective measures are needed. As announced in January 2017, DPR has expanded the air-monitoring network in order to obtain more data from more locations. All eight locations will monitor…
EPA Administrator Asks Cattlemen to Submit WOTUS Comments
…the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule before the Agency’s deadline of Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. “When comments are made a part of a record – as rule-making –…
Agri View: Beef Import and Export
Everett Griner talks about the beef import and export business in today’s Agri View. Beef Import and Export Beef is still the most popular meat on the American dinner plate….
U.S. Feed Grain and Ethanol Exports Up
…Bureau, surpassing the 1.09 billion gallons exported in 2011/2012. Ethanol exports to Brazil more than quadrupled to 438 million gallons, even though purchases are expected to slow in coming months….
U.S. Beef Products Struggling in China
U.S. beef products are struggling to gain traction following a return to China after a 14-year ban. Bloomberg reports that U.S. cuts of beef are largely unnoticeable in China’s meat…
NMPF Statement on Comments from Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland
…more milk solids, the government there has sharply increased farm level production quotas, resulting in an accompanying spike of almost 300 percent in Canadian milk powder exports in 2017 so…
APHIS Publishes Final Rule to Allow Fresh Hass Avocado Fruit from Colombia into the Continental U.S.
…with a systems approach. The final rule will publish in the Federal Register on August 15, 2017, and will become active 30 days after publication, or on September 14, 2017….
A Faster, Less Costly Way to Process Walnuts
…Infrared drying improves quality by reducing both over-drying and under-drying, allowing walnut meat to maintain color and an exceptional polyunsaturated fat content. This new infrared drying method also may be…
ABC / Disney Settlement with BPI Worth More Than $177 Million
…Iowa, Kansas, and Texas. An attorney for BPI told meat industry publication Meatingplace: “As Disney disclosed, $177 million is not the total settlement amount. Based on Disney’s disclosure, it appears…