…on the benefits those foreign sales bring.” Beginning Feb. 1, Canada is poised to expand the product scope of that provincial program while instituting it nationally. It also intends to…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
…by export sales. Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. The U.S. Grains Council says these moves are…
Americans to Eat 1.33 Billion Chicken Wings
…stores. Although the vast majority of wings eaten during the Super Bowl are purchased from restaurants, bars or wing and pizza joints, wing sales at grocery stores and supermarkets spike…
Agri View: Tough Year
…Well can sales of used farm equipment attract bigger crowds and more buyers? It is likely to be a year of cutting back on crop inputs. Save money any way…
Ag Reacts to Trump TPP Move
…Tracy Brunner issued a statement stating: “Fact is American cattle producers are already losing out on $400,000 in sales every day because we don’t have TPP, and since NAFTA was…
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
…dairy farming, manufacturing and related sectors.” He said the groups will continue to press lawmakers on the important link between export sales and dairy job growth in the United States….
Cattlemen Express Concerns With Trump Administration’s Trade Action
…been one of the greatest success stories in the long history of the U.S. beef industry. “Fact is American cattle producers are already losing out on $400,000 in sales every…
Georgia Agriculture Under Former Governor Sonny Perdue
…of Georgia in 2003, the state saw an increase in agricultural sales under Perdue’s watch. In 2002, USDA Data shows 49,000 farms made $4.9 billion in sales. By 2012, the…
Business, Agriculture Pressing Trump to Salvage TPP
…a number of companies. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would mean billions of dollars in agriculture sales thanks to improved exports, but chances are still slim of seeing the agreement move forward…
National Pork Producers Delegate Body Appointed
…the Delegate Body is based on annual net assessments collected on sales of domestic hogs within individual states, with a minimum of two producers from each state. States have the…
Funding for Potato Breeding Research
…of superior-performing varieties that can be brought to market as soon as possible. The United States is one of the top potato producers worldwide, and industry sales estimates topped $3.6…
Farm Leaders Taking Part in Inaugural Parade Friday
…Broadcasting past and current presidents Mark Oppold and Max Armstrong. The farm leaders will take part in the RFD-TV Rural Tractor Brigade, driving new tractors along the parade route. Members…
Tom Vilsack to Take Helm of U.S. Dairy Export Council
…to develop a long-term vision for building sales and consumer trust in U.S. dairy. Together with the USDEC board, he will create strategies to successfully achieve the shared vision. He…
Proposal to Establish a New Organic Research, Promotion, and Information Order
…assessment rate: Producers and handlers with gross organic sales greater than $250,000 for the prior marketing year would pay one tenth of one percent of net organic sales; and Importers…