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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 09, 2024
While tax reform dominates the discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S. agriculture must not allow its focus to be diverted from the equally important issue of agricultural trade.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - A Brazilian ethanol tariff hike paired with the country’s forthcoming energy policy could sharply reduce the competitiveness of U.S. ethanol.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - There’s still no end in sight for the U.S. ban on fresh Brazilian beef, but the two countries are making progress to reopening trade, U.S. government and industry officials tell Agri-Pulse.
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2017 - U.S. growers of corn, soybean, wheat and other crops want to keep their ability to export freely to Mexico and Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement as the pact is renegotiated, but so do Mexican fruit and vegetable farmers – and that could complicate things.
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service continues to move forward on lifting the U.S. ban on Chinese chicken, undaunted by legislation that some say is a threat to the efforts that have been wrapped into the U.S.-China Comprehensive Dialogue that concludes today.
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 - It’s been just over a week since the U.S. and China announced a final agreement to lift the 13-year ban on imports of American beef, and several U.S. packing operations have already been certified by the USDA to begin exporting.
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2017 – The U.S. and China have come to an agreement that the U.S. Dairy Export Council says will pave the way for substantially increasing U.S. dairy exports.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - Six months after Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced China’s intention to lift its ban on U.S. beef, the two countries remain far apart on a deal that would actually open up trade, according to government and industry officials.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8, 2017 - Canada is the largest energy trading partner of the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
