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Canadian ranchers see major payoff from Asian trade deals

12/06/17 6:24 AM By Bill Tomson

Canadian beef and pork exporters have long relied on their U.S. neighbors as solid trading partners, but that relationship has grown increasingly rocky during the contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The uncertainty surrounding the talks and the future of U.S.-Canadian trade has the northern producers looking to Asia, and they like what they see.

US ag says forget the contingency plan, we need NAFTA

11/15/17 6:45 AM By Bill Tomson

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There’s still confusion surrounding whether or not the Department of Agriculture is working to put together a contingency plan to help out farmers if the U.S. pulls out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but experts say such a plan really wouldn’t help much in a worst-case scenario.

US ag sector watches painfully as TPP moves on without it

11/14/17 1:00 PM By Bill Tomson

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It was difficult for much of the U.S. ag sector to watch as President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) about 10 months ago and now the pain is sharpening as the remaining 11 countries appear to be on the verge of ratifying the massive trade pact without one of the founding members.

Ag sector losing faith in NAFTA talks

10/31/17 2:00 PM By Bill Tomson

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 - The U.S. farming sector is quickly losing confidence that the Trump administration is looking out for farmers' interests as it negotiates a new North American Free Trade Agreement.

USTR ag negotiator nominee anxious for new trade talks with India and Japan

10/05/17 6:00 PM By Bill Tomson

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Washington, Oct. 5, 2017 – Renegotiating trade relationships with countries like Mexico, Canada and South Korea is the major focus of U.S. negotiators now, but the USTR and USDA should not wait to begin making inroads to foreign buyers that could be importing a lot more U.S. wheat, corn, beef, pork and dairy. That was one of the main messages to lawmakers today from Gregg Doud, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the chief agriculture negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative.

Bacon price up sharply in latest AFBF marketbasket survey

09/25/17 5:13 PM By Steve Davies

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2017 - Bacon led the pack in price increases for some commonly purchased food items included in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Fall Harvest Marketbasket Survey.

Ag sector hopes NAFTA preoccupation isn’t stalling new trade deals

09/20/17 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 – The popular mantra from much of the ag sector as negotiators overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement is "do no harm," but the very act of renegotiating the massive three-country trade pact may be already costing pork, beef, corn, soybean and wheat exporters in lost opportunity.

California ballot measure targets conditions for hens, sows

09/06/17 6:41 AM By Steve Davies

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 – Egg and pork producers are vowing to fight a California ballot initiative proposed by the Humane Society of the United States and other animal rights groups that would require egg-laying hens to be cage-free by 2022 and prohibit the use of gestation crates for sows.

US pork cleared for export to Argentina

08/17/17 4:55 PM By Spencer Chase

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 17, 2017 – U.S. pork producers have an additional export market in South America after an agreement was announced today by the White House.

U.S. negotiators pledge 'ambitious' NAFTA round

08/15/17 6:00 PM By Philip Brasher

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2017 - U.S. negotiators say they plan this week to lay out a significant amount of proposed text for a new North American Free Trade Agreement as they try to accelerate the three-country talks.

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