USDA’s Monthly Dairy Products Report shows total cheese output, excluding cottage cheese, was 1.19 billion pounds, in October, 0.8% above October of last year and 3.9% above September.
China has approved 18 U.S. beef companies and 12 U.S. pork outlets for export to China, the first U.S. plants cleared for export to China in about 10 months.
Can U.S. agriculture stand between China and a war in Taiwan? According to economists, it can and is. Tom Vilsack announced $73 million in funding for the first round of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program.