Last week, General Mills broke tradition by honoring North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown for pioneering in the field of soil health for farmers across the nation.
Cash and futures hog prices have sky rocketed recently and there’s been one driving force. Livestock economist Scott Brown says we are seeing an increase of ASF in China.
African swine fever first appeared in China last August, officials have confirmed about 100 outbreaks of the disease, but could it cause a slowdown in China's pork consumption?
China has offered to go on a six-year buying spree that would increase annual goods imports from the U-S with a combined value of more than $1 trillion.
China’s major pork producers sharply cut 2018 profit estimates, after African swine fever devastated prices and demand for pork in the world’s largest hog producer.
California Avocado Commission is estimating about 167 million pounds of production for 2019, or roughly half of the 334 million estimated for this season.
President Trump will meet with China's President Xi Jinping later this month at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires. There is new developments in the trade talks.
The USDA suspended pork imports from Poland due to an outbreak of ASF. One Polish facility was not following the strict requirements for export pork to the U.S.