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The trade war between the United States and China will benefit the Brazilian soybean industry in 2018-19, according to a Oct. 3 Global Agricultural Information Network report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture . The USDA said it expects Brazil to export 75.5 million tonnes in the current marketing year, up slightly over the previous year.
Farmers whose property was severely affected by large hail, high winds or the three tornadoes that passed through Morgan County on July 29 could be eligible for further credit and assistance programs through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency after U.S. Agriculture Sec. Sonny Perdue designated Morgan County as a primary natural disaster area from that storm. The federal government on Friday declared Morgan County to be a primary natural disaster area because of the losses farmers and producers suffered from the massive storm that hit on July 29, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture news release.
A U.S. unit of Brazil's JBS SA is recalling 6.5 million pounds of beef products processed through an Arizona plant because the meat might be contaminated with salmonella, U.S. government officials said on Thursday. U.S. investigators have identified at least 57 people in 16 states who have become ill due to consuming contaminated ground beef products made from meat traced back to JBS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
The Austin American-Statesman reports the 2018 harvest is gearing up amid widespread anxiety over the price of the official Texas state nut. China - the top buyer of U.S. pecans - slapped a 47 percent tariff on them this summer as part of its broad effort to fight back against what it views as the Trump administration's hardball "America First" trade policies.
Cartons of eggs are displayed on a shelf at the Marina Supermarket on July 17, 2015 in San Francisco, California. From the kitchen to the driveway, there were some significant recalls this past week that you may have missed.
Palestinian farmers are only given four days to tend to hundreds of trees and harvest their crops, while settlers are free to access the land at their will A group of settlers have been filmed stealing olives from Palestinian farms near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. In the video, the pair can be seen working together to cut and bag the olives from the groves which lie in an area which leaves them inaccessible to their Palestinian owners without Israeli permission.
Adam Price borrows Obama's slogan 'Yes, we can' as he calls for independence in his first Plaid conference speech as leader The newly-elected Plaid leader gave his party an optimistic message telling them independence for Wales was both possible and necessary Wales will never be able to solve its economic problems until it becomes an independent state in charge of its own destiny, Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price told delegates to his party's conference in Cardigan. During a passionate speech he called on everyone who cares about Wales to join Plaid and help build a new more prosperous nation.
A recall from Johnston County Ham Company in Smithfield only affected one product that carried a Goodnight Brothers label, according to the Boone-based company, but it was not produced by Goodnight Brothers. "The product that is being recalled is a Fully Cooked Country Ham Deli Loaf that carries the Est# 2646," Goodnight said in a Thursday statement.
Iowa 1st District Democratic challenger Abby Finkenauer is calling for more policy and less politics in the federal Farm Bill, which currently is stalled in a congressional conference committee at the same time President Donald Trump's trade policies pose a $2.2 billion threat to the state's economy.
Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson, Inc. is recalling 6,500,966 pounds of "various raw, non-intact beef products" due to an outbreak of salmonella, the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Thursday . The recall was issued after health officials identified JBS as the common supplier of raw ground beef products found to be the "probable source" of reported salmonella illnesses.
Federal officials have ordered a recall of ham products from a North Carolina company after investigators found listeria contamination, which led to one death. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday the ready-to-eat hams were produced by Johnston County Hams of Smithfield between April 3, 2017 to Oct. 2, 2018 and shipped to distributors in Maryland, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina and Virginia.
USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach and Caroline Young , with the National Peanut Board, get the facts about mushrooms from Mushroom Council Chairperson Gale Ferranto and Mushroom Council Foodservice Director Steve Solomon . Celebrating their record of success, 16 commodity groups and marketing orders participated Sept.
USDA REPORTS 26% OF CORN, 23% OF SOYBEANS HARVESTED Oct. 2, 2018 BrownfieldAgNews reports: The USDA says U.S. corn and soybean harvest activity remained faster than normal last week. As of Sunday, 26% of U.S. corn is harvested, compared to the five-year average of 17%, with 86% of the crop mature, compared to 71% on average.
Iowa trade and commodity experts say the last-minute trade agreement among North America's three largest nations is a step forward in terms of solving overall trade tensions.
The US, Canada, and Mexico agreed on Sunday to update the North American Free Trade Agreement, rebranding the deal as the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. The deal would make edits to NAFTA's auto, labor, and dispute-resolution rules and open up access to various protected industries like dairy and wine.
While North Carolina leads the nation in sweet potato cultivation, the crop has been something of an unsung hero in the state's agribusiness community. That perception is changing thanks in part to a Nash County company now promoting food and beverage ingredients that align with today's healthier, nutrient-rich diets.
"There's more grain in the bin on September one than what the market expected," explains AgriTalk host Chip Flory. "On soybeans, to get there [USDA] had to go back and adjust the 2017 soybean crop."
Iowa has reached a record number of pigs on farms as the pork industry continues to expand production amid questionable export demand due to tariff battles with China. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday Iowa has 23.6 million pigs on farms as of Sept.
Tehachapi hosted the California Association for Local Economic Development, Rural Economic Development Exchange meeting at the Slice of Life Enrichment School. A coalition of economic representatives from rural cities met in Tehachapi on Wednesday to gain resources from each other, share ideas and discuss legislative policies that impact their regions.
It has been more than a week since Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina, and flood waters are continuing to wreak havoc across the Carolinas and Virginia. While much of the destruction caused by the powerful storm was unavoidable, some of it was, and government interventions have only served to exacerbate such tragedies.