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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, December 20, 2024
The United States has paused inspections of avocados and mangos from Michoacán, Mexico, after two USDA employees were assaulted and temporarily held captive during field inspections, according to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.
USDA on Wednesday increased its forecast for agricultural imports for fiscal 2024, while projected ag exports remain unchanged at $170.5 billion, boosting the estimated U.S. ag trade deficit to $32 billion.
USDA is struggling to manage sugar supplies amid soaring domestic and international prices and a drought that continues to devastate Mexican growers, slashing the amount they can export to U.S. food and candy manufacturers.
The Agriculture Department announced Wednesday it will dole out $300 million during the first year of its new $1.2 billion Regional Agricultural Promotion Program, or RAPP.
It’s all political. That’s the message from the U.S. to the three-member U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement panel that will be ruling on the U.S. complaint against Mexico’s attempt to block imports of genetically engineered corn.
American Egg Board President Emily Metz is on a mission to expand the reach of U.S. farmers and processors across the globe and make international trade do for her industry what it’s done for dairy and pork – boost sales and profits.
The chaos among House Republicans isn’t the only hurdle facing a new farm bill. Senate Republican Whip John Thune, R-S.D., says the Senate Ag Committee remains divided over key issues, including what to do about the major commodity programs.
Mexico wants more than just a presidential decree on its genetically modified corn ban in place as it enters the final phase of a dispute with the U.S., so the country is working to solidify the prohibition in its national food production standards.
The Food Safety Modernization Act imposed new regulations on imported fruits and vegetables but appears to have had little impact on Mexican exports to the United States, according to an analysis by USDA’s Economic Research Service.
