african swine fever

In a four-day shopping spree, importers bought 3.876 million tons of U.S. corn for delivery to China this marketing year, according to the USDA.

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has made more than 50 changes to rules as they continue a review of its practices following recent E. coli outbreaks.

**A Chinese vaccine against African swine fever appears to be safe in clinical trials now underway, a step closer to preventing one of the world's most devastating livestock diseases. Agrimarketing.com reports, the disease, which kills almost all pigs infected, has devastated the huge hog herd since arriving in China in 2018, and is still killing pigs there and elsewhere in Asia...

The numbers of infected workers at the Tyson's Wallula facility grew last week, family and friends of employees urged the meat-processing facility to shut down.

China's pork imports almost tripled in March from last year, as buyers sought to plug a huge supply gap after African swine fever decimated their pig herd.

Lawmakers in the Canadian House of Commons decided to pass USMCA before taking a five-week break due to concerns related to coronavirus.

**The USDA has announced a plan to tackle African Swine Fever if detected in the U.S. Ag Secretary Perdue would immediately declare an "extraordinary emergency" and USDA would take the lead on a national response to control and eradicate the SWINE-ONLY disease...

New USDA data shows the minimum hourly agricultural wage rates are highest in the Pacific Northwest. For 2019, the min. hourly wage in Washington and Oregon was $15.03.

U.S. farmers harvested nearly 3.3 million acres of certified organic field crops in 2019, driven by 14% more organic field crop operations.

Last week, the U.S. House approved passage of the Ag Inspectors Bill, that authorizes funding for 740 new ag inspectors at land, air and sea ports.