Articles by Bill Tomson

Cuba, Ben Mosely, USA Rice Federation, NFU, Roger Johnson, Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act, China, Beef, USDA, Foreign Agriculture Service, Market Access Program, Foreign Market Development, Gary Williams, Informa economics

President Barack Obama, U.S. Embargo, Cuba, Jim Sumner, USA Poultry and Egg Export Council, USAPEEC, North Carolina, Flooding, Governor Pat McCrory, USDA, Farm Service Agency, Bob Etheridge, China, Soybean Imports, GIPSA Rules

The Obama Administration announced new measures today to roll back restrictions on agricultural trade with Cuba

A new report by Informa Economics IEG warns that the American dairy industry stands to lose billions of dollars if the U.S. were to agree to EU demands that hundreds of cheese names only be used by European producers in specific geographical regions.

China is once again saying it@s willing to lift its ban on U.S. beef, but American officials are taking a wait and see attitude, noting that the world@s largest country made the pledge a decade ago and never followed through.

USDA says it@s planning to buy $20 million worth of domestic cheddar cheese in a renewed effort to soak up record surpluses and boost prices for dairy farmers

U.S. and EU negotiators say they spent a good chunk of time during Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks this week seeking agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues, some of which are keeping some U.S. beef, pork and poultry out of Europe&#

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, T-Tip, Consortium for Common Food Names, CCFN, National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council, Protected Geographical Indications, PGI's, Informa Economics, Jim Mulhern

Optimism is quickly fading that the U.S. and EU will be able to complete work on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) this year, even as negotiators from both sides of the Atlantic meet this week in New York.

One of the biggest reservations about increasing agricultural trade with Cuba has been that U.S. food wonðt benefit the common citizen on the communist island. U.S. farming representatives are fighting back, though, stressing that U.S. commodities will end