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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 02, 2024
The U.S.-China trade negotiations return to Washington this week amid signs of progress, while Senate Republicans seek to move forward with a long-stalled package of disaster aid eagerly awaited by a growing list of farmers.
More and more food retailers are promoting locally grown and sourced, yet they still import many low-cost canned products from China and other countries. California peach growers want to see their U.S.-grown products in stores instead.
Next week is going to start off with a thud and not an April Fools' Day joke when Japan further lowers tariffs on wheat and barley from Australia, Canada and European Union countries.
U.S. negotiators head to China this week to resume face-to-face trade talks, and the Senate is expected to consider a long-stalled disaster aid bill amid demands to expand it to include assistance for losses from the Midwest flooding.
The USDA announced Friday that China is making a significant purchase of U.S. corn after years of deteriorating trade, spurring hope that the trade talks between the two countries are producing real progress that could have lasting effects.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s planning on leaving U.S. tariffs on Chinese products in place “for a substantial period of time,” even after some form of deal is reached with China.
Brazil has agreed to lift its ban on U.S. pork and make good on a 24-year-old promise to set up an annual 750,000-metric-ton tariff rate quota to allow in U.S. wheat, according to the leaders of the two countries.
USDA is intensifying efforts to keep African Swine Fever out of the U.S. and educate the public about the devastating virus that’s plaguing China’s pork producers.
Taiwanese supermarkets and restaurants are getting a look at some unfamiliar cuts of beef in an effort to increase U.S. marketshare in the Asian nation.
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