U.S. imports of potatoes and potato products for the marketing year ending June 30th increased by 12% in fresh weight equivalent volume and 16% in value, compared to the previous year.
Unemployed rate has hit a near 44-year low and H-2A visa requests have more than doubled. Immigration reform bills making their way to the House floor this week.
The National Potato Council has joined a group that hopes to expand trade with Cuba. They are now one of more than 100 organizations in the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba. Other produce industry members include the Cherry Marketing Institute, the Michigan Apple Association, the Michigan Potato Industry Commission and Sun-Maid Growers of California...
A Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research report says robots are expected to transform agriculture. The report expects the agricultural robot market to grow to $16.3 billion by 2020 from $817 million in 2013. Specifically, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, will take up a large segment of that market...
Speaking at Growth Energy’s annual leadership conference, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he has reached out to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and White House officials to stress the importance of the ethanol industry.