…reports the rule would exclude prepared and ready-to-eat foods. Mandatory federal country-of-origin labeling was bitterly opposed by the meat processing industry and ultimately dismantled by a series of World Trade…
Trump: Change NAFTA to NAFFTA
President Donald Trump has suggested changing the acronym of the North American Free Trade Agreement when renegotiating the trade deal. Trump wants to include an extra ‘F’ in the term…
Record Attendance in Nashville as NCBA Members New Elect Officers
The 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show wrapped up on Saturday with the election of Nebraska cattleman Craig Uden as the organization’s new president. More than 9,300 people…
Insider Shares Political Realities at Record-Breaking Cattle Industry Convention
…producers should work to make sure they “get in front of the administration as much as possible” on things like trade. She suggested giving away the upper hand in trade…
ARS Genetics Researcher Named Fairchild Medal Recipient
…landscape trade throughout the southern United States and in academia. NTBG’s Director and CEO Chipper Wichman called Meerow “a rare blend of traditional botanist, a consummate hands-in-the-dirt horticulturist and plant…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement; he also has expressed a desire to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. CTGA Chairman Bruce Rominger described that as…
Trump Trade Policies Good for New Zealand?
Petersen The New Zealand trade envoy says a Donald Trump presidency might be good for his country. Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Mike Petersen says, “He (Trump) is really strong on…
Cargill Chief: NAFTA in “Good Place”
…Congress to try to ratify bilateral trade deals with multiple countries instead of ratifying one giant trade deal.” MacLennan was in Washington this week to testify before Congress, saying there’s…
State Ag Directors Want NAFTA Fixes
As President Donald Trump gets set to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), U.S. state directors of agriculture are weighing in on which parts of the agreement they’d…
Agri View: Water War Outlook
…longest running water wars in this country is destined to go on for a while yet. Federal officials put that dispute between Georgia and Florida in the hands of a…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…look forward to working closely with incoming U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who will lead new trade policy negotiations and has extensive experience dealing with complex trade issues. Clearly what’s…
California Cattlemen File Lawsuit Against Fish and Game
California cattle producers gathered with peers from around the nation at the 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show. The meeting started February 1, just a…
NCBA Cattle Industry Convention Underway
The 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show is underway in Nashville, Tennessee. NCBA kicked off the convention this week with Cattlemen’s College educational sessions focusing…
Food Producers Accelerating Exports to Mexico, Searching for New Markets
…shipments because the potential tariffs could disrupt trade. One trade expert says: “They don’t know what will happen in the next month or the next week,” adding U.S. exporters are…