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FDA Bans the Use of Red Dye 3 in Beverages, Candy and Other Foods
Food manufacturers will have until January 15, 2027 to reformulate their products, while drug companies will have until or January 18...
by Sara VanderPoel
Jan 152 min read
USDA Increases Funding for New Specialty Crop Program (MASC) by $650 Million
FSA is providing an additional $650M in funding for the new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program and extending the dea...
by Sara VanderPoel
Jan 82 min read
US Wins Trade Dispute Against Mexico Over GMO Corn Ban
The USMCA panel agreed with the United States on all seven legal claims, finding that Mexico’s measures to ban genetically modified corn...
by Sara VanderPoel
Jan 62 min read
H-2A Wage Rates Rising More Than 4% Nationally in 2025 With California Reaching $19.97/hr
Last week, the Federal Register announced that the H-2A minimum wage is set to increase by an average of 4.47% nationally in 2025, with...
by Sara VanderPoel
Dec 23, 20241 min read
South Africa Approved Permits to Import U.S. Genetically-engineered Corn After Drop in Domestic Production
South Africa could import 800,000 tonnes of corn in 2023-24 after producing its smallest corn crop in five years at 13.3 million tonnes...
by Sara VanderPoel
Dec 16, 20241 min read
BLM Announces Partnerships to Boost Wild Horse Adoptions And Save Taxpayers Millions
Together, these agreements could help save taxpayers roughly $160 million by reducing the costs to care for unadopted wild horses and...
by Sara VanderPoel
Nov 20, 20242 min read
Agriculture Made Up 6 Percent of Total U.S. Import Value in FY 2023
From fiscal years (FY) 2004 to 2023, the value of U.S. imports of agricultural products rose an average 3.7 percent annually, adjusting...
by Sara VanderPoel
Nov 11, 20241 min read
USDA Breaks Ground on New Agricultural Research Technology Center in Davis, California
The two-story 59,000 square foot building will house four ARS research units: Crops Pathology and Genetics, Invasive Species and Pollina...
by Sara VanderPoel
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber Rejects the Request to Remove 18% Ethanol Import Tariff
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office is expected to press Brazil to reconsider their decision. USDA says the U.S. Grains Council joine...
by Sara VanderPoel
Nov 4, 20241 min read
Carbon Robotics Raises $70 Million in Series D Investment Round for LaserWeeders
Growers in North America, Europe, and Australia have eliminated more than 10 billion weeds across 100 crop types without the use of chem...
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 28, 20242 min read
Plenty Opens World's First Indoor Strawberry Farm in Virginia To Produce 4M Pounds of Berries/Year
The Plenty Richmond Farm is designed to produce more than 4 million pounds of strawberries annually in less than 40,000 square feet by...
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Mexican Railway Blockade Ends After 2 Weeks, Leaving Backlog of Grain Exports
The Port of Veracruz is the largest entry point for grain imports by ocean to Mexico. According to the USDA/Foreign Agricultural...
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 21, 20241 min read
USDA to Purchase $25 Million in Citrus from Domestic Producers for Nutrition Assistance Programs
“These purchases will benefit citrus producers by removing surplus commodities from the market and at the same time help provide nutrit...
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 21, 20241 min read
White House Organizes a Farmers Event While Producers Face Hurricanes and Fire Damage
This event makes clear what cattle producers have known for quite some time: when it comes to agriculture, this administration has priori...
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 16, 20242 min read
USDA Announces Additional $250 Million in Automatic Assistance for Distressed Farm Loan Borrowers
Since August 2022, the USDA has provided approximately $2.4 billion in assistance to more than 43,900 distressed borrowers...
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 11, 20244 min read
3.1 Million Solar Panel Project One Step Closer to Approval - What is the Darden Clean Energy Project?
If permitted, the project would be the largest solar project in the nation, and would be located on land owned by Westlands Water District..
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 9, 20242 min read
USDA Invests More Than $11 Million to Support Resiliency in U.S. Dairy Industry
The initiatives support small and mid-sized dairy businesses in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of dairy products..
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 7, 20242 min read
CA Congressmen Introduce Bill to Help Ag Producers Impacted by Natural Disasters
The bill provides an additional $14 billion to the USDA to assist agriculture producers impacted by losses caused by natural disasters...
by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 30, 20242 min read
U.S. Agriculture Imports Made Up 6% of Total U.S. Import Value in FY 2023
From fiscal years (FY) 2004 to 2023, the value of U.S. imports of agricultural products rose an average 3.7 percent annually, adjusting...
by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 25, 20241 min read
Trump Threatens John Deere With 200% Tariffs if it Moves Manufacturing to Mexico
“This is just the beginning,” Trump said of Deere’s plans to move production. “All of a sudden, they’re not going to be in the country...
by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 25, 20241 min read
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