Even with China anchoring dairy export totals, the total value of U.S. dairy exports was up 6% in May, reaching the highest level in four years at $539.1 million.
NAFTA talks between the U.S., Canada and Mexico concluded four days of ministerial-level meetings. U.S. is working on a export deal on Red Meat with Mexico.
An Alaska Airlines flight took off from Seattle Monday and landed at Reagan National Airport in Washington DC in what The US Department of Agriculture calls a “breakthrough in bioenergy.”
The trip was the first commercial airlines flight powered by a renewable fuel made from wood waste, in this case discarded tree limbs and branches from forests in Washington, Oregon and Montana...
The Pork Checkoff is launching a new national awards program that will recognize future industry leaders. Targeting youth age 18-29, the group plans to give three recipients awarded with an invitation to speak at the National Pork Board events...
AP reports that Syngenta announced Tuesday that it is looking for a buyer for nearly 6,000 acres of land it leases or owns on Oahu and Kauai. The company says it will continue to operate in Hawaii, but under a contract with a new owner reportedly weary of continual legal battles over its farming of genetically modified crops in Hawaii...