…operation is owned and operated by a second-generation Japanese-American family. The Kameshige family started the farm following their release from a World War II internment camp. The original farming operation…
Sheep Shearing School Prepares Students
…Warnert Public Information Representative UC Kearney Research and Extension Center Sheep shearing is like a dance. It requires strength, flexibility, a tender touch and the right moves. Once mastered, the…
NPPC Honors Industry Leader ‘Pig’ Paul
…wanted done. Producers set the laws, and I figured out the tools and means to get them done.” After World War II, Paul and his brother Jay started Paul Brothers…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…States and Canada (because of fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE) essentially restricted beef trade to Australia and New Zealand (see Beef Imports in the Issues and Analysis chapter)….
2016 GEELA Awards
…voluntary achievements culminated in 2015. Competition is open to all California residents, businesses, nonprofit organizations, professional and trade associations, communities, state and local government entities, tribes, and federal agencies operating…
National Dairy Month
…Flow for National Dairy Month! by Dana Coale, Deputy Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Dairy Program June is an eventful and versatile month—the start of warm summer days, school…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…urged passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement with 12 Pacific Rim countries that would expand trade opportunities for California agriculture (see related story, U.S. farm exports would gain…
Agri View: Different Crops
…current and upcoming marketing year. The United States is a major player in the world corn trade market, with between 10 and 20 percent of the corn crop exported to…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule Would Wipe Out TPP Benefits
…would move forward with new GIPSA rules. On the TPP Agreement, Hill told the committee that NPPC strongly supports the Asia-Pacific trade deal, pointing out that its benefits will exceed…
NPPC: ‘GIPSA’ Rule, TPP Could Affect Producers
…vaccine bank to deal with an outbreak. Herring also reiterated NPPC’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, telling the subcommittee the benefits of TPP will exceed all past free trade agreements…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…expressed concerns about the EU’s lack of good-faith commitment to opening its markets to agricultural trade, and its attempt to establish new non-tariff trade barriers through the use of Geographical…
International Trade Commission Report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…issued a statement following the International Trade Commission’s report on the TPP. The IDFA says it applauds the release of the ITC’s investigation, which it calls an “important step forward…
Agri View: Consumers Choice
…to trade down to it from more expensive beef items during the 2009-2010 recession. They began to eat more pork and chicken, especially as their production increased and thus became…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…a U.S. delay in approving – or even a rejection of – the trade agreement, pointing out that other countries are negotiating free trade deals in the Asia-Pacific region, including…