While trade is a major part of the success of American agriculture, former long-time Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson speaking at the recent U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Spring Conference said…
Former Mexico Trade Negotiator on USMCA Specialty Crop Protections
…irrigation that allow you to produce grains, oil seeds, and meat products, and those go into Mexico at a competitive price and vice versa,” he said. “Mexico is able to…
Lab-Grown Meat Carbon Footprint Potentially Greater than Retail Beef
Is lab-grown meat worse for the environment? That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. A new report suggests lab-grown meat may have a larger carbon footprint than retail beef….
AgNet News Hour: Friday, 05-26-23
…how Proposition 12 could end a pork producers farm, lab-grown meat having a larger environmental impact than real beef and CARB advancing the Advanced Clean Fleets regulation despite the lack…
Organic Support Being Offered by USDA
…processing, and handling that are incurred between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2023. State organic program fees are also eligible for grant assistance for California producers. Applications for the…
Proposition 12 Moves Forward After SCOTUS Rejects Industry Challenge
…Commerce Clause, impeding interstate commerce. In a 5 to 4 ruling, SCOTUS has affirmed California’s prohibition on the sale of certain meat products not produced according to state requirements. Industry…
Dairy Group Submits Plans for Updating the FMMO System
…reflect the value of the high-quality products made from farmers’ milk, by rebalancing pricing risks that have shifted unfairly onto farmers, and by creating a pathway to better reflect processing…
Some Food Prices Rise in April
…rose in April for the first time in a year. The organization says the increases stem from higher sugar, meat, and rice prices. The Food Price Index, which tracks the…
The California Kitchen: Avocado Crab Salad
…Meat 1 Avocado 8 T Mayonaise 2 T Lemon Pepper 3 T Cajun Spice TT S+P 2 T Olive Oil Listen to Albert prepare Avocado Crab Salad below. The California Kitchen:…
AgNet Weekly: NCBA Opposition to PRIME Act
The PRIME Act has once again made its way into Congress. Current law exempts custom slaughter of animals from federal inspection regulations, only if the meat is for personal, household,…
Almond Update: Almond Leadership Program Visits Central Valley Agribusinesses
…with a tour of the Central California Almond Growers Association in Kerman. Participants toured the facility and learned about the modern features of almond processing. Field Sales Representative for Bayer…
DPR Confirms Another Reduction in Pesticide Use in 2021
…interest.” Alfalfa, carrots, cotton, rice, walnuts, pistachios, processing tomatoes, and peach and nectarines are also in that category. Collectively, commodities of interest represent 72 percent of the total amount of…
Food Prices Drop Slightly from January and February
…in March 2022. The marginal decline in February reflected significant drops in the price indices of vegetable oils and dairy together with smaller drops in cereals and meat indices. The…
New ‘Product of USA’ Labeling Proposal from USDA
…label, so long as the meat was processed in an American facility. That practice created unfair advantages for foreign meat and resulted in confusion among consumers. USDA had conducted a…