…Monday. Poultry and pork processing association ABPA says the country has lost 120,000 tons of potential exports since the trucker strike began. Brazil is the world’s largest chicken exporter, supplying…
Agri View: Healthy Foods or Not
…gave up eggs for breakfast. Pork has had its detractors too. So many other foods, I don’t have time to list them all now. I read an article about coffee….
Trade Retaliation Hurting U.S. Pork Producers
Producer Losses at $2.2 Billion Since March 1 The National Pork Producers called for a swift resolution of the United States-China trade dispute, paving the way for increased U.S. pork…
Agri View: Chicken Pickin’ Meat Processing Labor
…Beef, pork, and poultry. It is an industry that does not function well with a changing population. Scientists already indicated that processed food that feeds us should be from a…
USDA Announces Streamlined Purchase Program to Supply Nutrition Assistance Programs with American Farm Products
…$25 million for pork products $25 million for tart cherries $22 million for dried peas $20 million for cheddar cheese $18 million for clingstone peaches $15.5 million for processed tomatoes…
House Members Want Thailand Ban of U.S. Pork Ended
…pork. “We thank Representatives Young and Kind for leading this call to action on behalf of America’s pork producers and other farmers,” he says. The Office of the U.S. Trade…
Agri View: Trade War and Red Meat Exports
…are some pretty stunning numbers to live up to. Especially in red meat, pork. The February figures stood at 205 thousand tons. It surprises me that we exported more pork…
House Members Call for End to Thailand’s Ban on U.S. Pork
…Jim Heimerl, a pork producer from Johnstown, Ohio and president of the National Pork Producers Council. “We thank Representatives Young and Kind for leading this call to action on behalf…
USTR To Review Thailand’s GSP Trade Benefits
…to agricultural imports that compete with domestic goods, including beef, pork and poultry. Among its non-tariff restrictions, Thailand does not accept uncooked pork and pork offal from the United States,…
Trump Deal on China’s ZTE May Reduce Ag Tariff’s
…U.S. agricultural products, including soybeans and pork, and has slowed the importation of U.S. ag products by inspecting each export container. The threats stem from Trump’s steel and aluminum import…
Canada, China, Talking Trade
…for expanded market access for Canadian pork, beef and canola. MacAulay says the Chinese market offers “significant opportunities for Canadian agricultural producers and processors.” The trip comes as U.S. agriculture…
Agri View: Trade War
…strike back by placing embargoes on U.S. goods. Here is what that means. Let’s take pork. China has already listed pork imports as one of the products. The pork industry…
China Steps Up Pork Inspections, Slowing Imports
China is stepping up inspections of pork imports from the United States. Ports are opening and inspecting every cargo that arrives, according to a report by Reuters, compared with inspections…
New TPP Moving Forward
…the pact. The National Pork Producers Council points out that Japan is the top pork export market for the United States. Further, the Trans-Pacific Partnership was expected to add $4…