…paper also notes that NAFTA has provided benefits beyond trade, including improved relations with Canada and Mexico, better regional investment, and supply chains, increased cooperation with Mexico in fighting drug-trafficking…
Robust Organic Sector Posts New Records in U.S. Sales
…2016, which should help alleviate some supply concerns. Increasing consumer awareness that what we put on our body is as important as what we put in our body is driving…
Culver’s Donates 238 Blue Jackets to FFA
Culver’s restaurant chain recently donated over $30,000 dollars to the National FFA’s blue jacket program. The donation will cover the cost of 238 blue jackets, which will be presented to…
Boston Market Commits to GAP Animal Welfare Standards
…Boston Market follows after a number of other chains that have pledged to meet the GAP animal welfare standards for poultry production. Just some of the other chains include Burger…
Agri View: Peanut Butter-A Requested Food Donation
…the list of healthy, and requested, food items. Again, thanks to farmers, and processors who supply peanut butter to needy families. At no cost. That’s Agri View for today. I’m…
Giving Gardeners Information on Potting Media for Trees and Shrubs
…byproduct of logging and timber operations, the supply of which can fluctuate. There are also a number of wood-based alternatives. George Runion and Stephen Prior, who are based at the…
NCC: Maintaining NAFTA Benefits is Crucial
…in North America’s highly integrated textile and apparel supply chain. “With 95 percent of U.S. cotton exported in some form, we need positive and stable trading relationships with our international…
Perdue: U.S. Ag in Dire Straits
…got to sell our way out of this supply and demand situation that’s depressing prices right now,” Perdue said to committee members. Perdue announced plans to reorganize the USDA with…
NMPF Facilitates NCIMS Passage of Proposals to Enhance Safety of Dairy Foods
…the NCIMS motto of ‘Assuring the Safest Possible Milk Supply for All the People.’” NMPF staff and members significantly contributed to the drafting of two proposals that were ultimately passed…
2016 California Cost of Milk Production Annual Available
…of 3.1 percent compared to 2015. Milk Prices During the first part of 2016, the milk price was depressed, as the overall supply of milk on a national and global…
$86 Million Available in First Prop 1 Grants
…pumping and recharge. Groundwater supplies a third or more of California’s water supply. DWR will solicit proposals to award funding on a competitive basis in two funding categories: projects that…
USDA Seeks Feedback From California and Nevada Growers
…the NASS Pacific Regional Office. “When growers respond to these surveys, they provide essential information that helps us determine the prospective production and supply of major commodities in the United…
Livestock Industry Calls for Relief from EPA’s Overly Burdensome Regulations
…of our nation’s natural resources,” the comments read. “The industry takes very seriously its obligation to protect the environment while providing the nation with a safe and affordable food supply.”…
Cargill: Grain Glut to Last
Cargill expects international grain markets to remain oversupplied. The company’s CEO told Reuters recently that the oversupply will remain “for a long time” due to bountiful harvests and an increase…