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Friday, April 26, 2024
Chinese official downplays US agriculture secretary's opinion on China favouring Brazilian soybeans
China has maintained good trade relations with major soybean exporting countries, and soybean buyers in China make procurement decisions independently, an official from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on April 19.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
US House hearing scrutinised China's alleged impact on US agriculture
The US House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on March 20 to discuss the threats China poses to US agriculture.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
US Agriculture Secretary seeks solutions to boost dairy exports to Canada
US Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, said that the Biden administration is exploring innovative approaches to enhance the sale of US dairy products in Canada following a trade dispute panel's ruling favouring Canadian restrictions on dair ...
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Pennsylvania, US Agriculture Secretary invites research proposals for US$450,000 grants
Russell Redding, Agriculture Secretary for Pennsylvania, United States, is soliciting proposals for research grants totalling US$450,000 through the newly established Centre for Poultry and Livestock Excellence, a key initiative under the P ...
Thursday, November 23, 2023
US agriculture official highlights market diversification to drive growth in agricultural exports
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on November 16 the next steps in the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to bolster US agricultural trade, including the department's planned trade missions for 2024 and the opening o ...
Thursday, April 20, 2023
US agriculture official calls for USDA's access to funding to combat animal diseases
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) needs to be able to access funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to fight animal diseases, said US Agriculture Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Leste ...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Top US agriculture official urges preventing child labour in meat, poultry sectors
US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack recently wrote a letter to the meat and poultry industries in the United States, requesting that companies take steps to prevent or eliminate illegal child labor in the food supply chain.
Friday, February 10, 2023
US agriculture trade chief demands Mexico to explain science behind GMO corn ban
Doug McKalip, the US Trade Representative's new lead agricultural trade negotiator, has given Mexico until February 14 to answer to a US request to explain the science behind Mexico's proposed ban on genetically modified (GMO) corn and glyp ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
USDA celebrates APHIS success in protecting US agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is celebrating the agency's many successful efforts to protect US agriculture and natural resources over the past year.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Report by beef councils claim trade reductions could cost US agriculture more than US$120 billion
Beef councils in US states Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas have recently published a report claiming that trade reductions could cost the United States' agricultural economy more than US$120 billion.
Friday, September 30, 2022
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in talks with Mexico on looming GM corn ban
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he remains in talks with Mexican officials about Mexico's looming genetically modified (GM) corn ban to get clarity on the issue, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
US agriculture chief welcomed at cattle convention, commits to address producers' challenges
The United States' National Cattlemen's Beef Association welcomed US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie and British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce to the 202 ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Possible to continue eating meat while staying within safe limits on global warming, says US agriculture secretary
US residents can continue consuming meat while keeping the world within safe limits on global warming, said US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
American Farm Bureau Federation in agreement to increase minority participation in US agriculture
The American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) announced recently that they have entered into an agreement with the goal of increasing minority inv ...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
US agriculture organisations launch petition against California's Proposition 12
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) are petitioning the US Supreme Court to take their case against California's Proposition 12, a pig welfare ballot initiative.

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