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New figures from the U.S. Meat Export Federation show July beef exports topped $1 billion for the sixth time in 2022 en route to the fifth-largest month on record for volume, continuing the trend of solid export figures throughout the year.

The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved USDA adviser Doug McKalip to be the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, sending the nomination to the full Senate for final approval.

U.S. meat and dairy exporters have a lot to gain if Taiwan were to remove barriers to their products. That’s why groups representing both sectors are lauding a U.S. announcement that the two countries have reached an agreement on a broad set of goals for a trade pact that they’re planning to begin negotiations on this fall.

An effort to drive more sales of American red meat is taking the form of a nationwide cooking competition in a key South American market.

The Biden administration is kicking off talks with Taiwan on an agreement to facilitate more trade between the countries without reducing tariffs, according to senior administration officials.

The U.S. exported about $49.2 billion worth of ag commodities in the first quarter of 2022, a record for shipments in the first three months of a year and setting the pace for what could be an annual record, according to new data from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

Not even the collapse in demand from China could stop the U.S. pork industry from having a good year for exports in 2021 and strong shipments are expected to carry the industry through another banner year in 2022.

The ag sector and lawmakers aren’t letting up pressure for another trade deal with China, especially since China’s purchase agreement ended Dec. 31, but the Biden administration still has its focus squarely on the “phase one” deal that was struck during the Trump administration.

The USDA announced Monday plans to help fund a new 25-acre container yard at the Port of Oakland to try help farmers get their rice, beef, pork, almonds, hay and other agricultural commodities into containers and on to ships.

India is ready to allow imports of U.S. pork, removing a long-running trade irritant between the two countries, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday.