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European opposition to change on ag and food safety runs deep

01/23/19 6:41 AM By Bill Tomson

The U.S. and the EU both want a new trade pact to bring together two of the largest economic forces in the world, but agriculture is standing firmly in the way.

Farmers, rural businesses object to proposed SBA loans restriction

12/12/18 6:11 AM By Ed Maixner

The Small Business Administration has heard from over 2,700 farmers, including poultry feeders, and rural small businesses and others mostly opposed to amendments to the SBA's Express Loans regulation that would make any operator getting more than 85 percent of revenue from a single source (rather than a usual 70 percent SBA ceiling) ineligible for those loans

Brexit plan seen as disaster for US-UK trade

11/16/18 6:17 PM By Bill Tomson

The deal unveiled this week for Britain to exit the European Union would block U.S. plans to negotiate a free trade agreement with the U.K., preventing a new opening for American agricultural trade with the country, several British officials tell Agri-Pulse.

What's in, what's out of the new USMCA for US ag

10/10/18 6:35 AM By Bill Tomson

The biotech portion of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is just one example of several new ag provisions that were added during the overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement – NAFTA 2.0 as some are calling it - over the past year of negotiations.

New criteria to increase poultry line speeds likely to spark lawsuit

10/03/18 6:24 AM By Steve Davies

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's new criteria for allowing young chicken slaughter plants to increase their line speeds from 140 birds per minute to 175 bpm are likely to prompt a lawsuit from food safety and worker protection groups.

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Plenty of wins for US ag in new US-Canada-Mexico trade deal

10/01/18 4:04 PM By Bill Tomson

U.S. farm groups are cheering the last-minute deal struck Sunday night to keep Canada in the newly renamed North American trade pact with the U.S. and Mexico.

Opinion: Uncertainty

09/05/18 1:53 PM By John Block

The agriculture industry in the U.S. is dealing with a lot of uncertainty.

Cargill makes sizable gains in 4th quarter and full FY 2018

07/18/18 6:20 AM By Sandra Cowherd

The 2018 fiscal year proved to be one of Cargill’s best, with animal nutrition and protein leading the $3.2 billion adjusted operating earnings total.

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May

Trump and UK Prime Minister affirm plans for trade pact

07/13/18 3:26 PM By Bill Tomson

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May today forcefully stressed that the United States and United Kingdom plan to enter into a free-trade agreement after Britain’s planned exit from the European Union next year.

GAO says FSIS needs to move more quickly, transparently on pathogen standards

04/18/18 5:42 PM By Steve Davies

The Food Safety and Inspection Service needs to set up a schedule for revising or developing standards for pathogens in certain beef and pork products, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Wednesday.

Dr. Frank Mitloehner, UC Davis

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Dr. Frank Mitloehner, a professor and air quality specialist at UC Davis who also leads the CLEAR Center, concentrating on research and communications. He has been helping the global community better understand the positive impact of livestock on marginal farmlands and opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of dairy digestors and feed additives. Mitloehner wants people to make informed decisions about the foods we eat, while reducing environmental impacts.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 26, 2024: USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt on bird flu, competition

USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt oversees the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. She joins us to discuss the latest on the bird flu outbreak and how USDA is responding.

Then, Michael Dykes with the International Dairy Foods Association and Fred Gingrich with the American Association of Bovine Practitioners join to chat more about the impact the bird flu has had on the dairy industry.

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