bird flu

California’s organic tomato growers are producing an increasing share of the processing tomato crop. U.S. export numbers of some animal products in the first half of 2022 were down from last year.

Food production along the California-Oregon border is due to suffer this year, with federal water cuts impacting farmers.

California avocado growers are expected to harvest more than 300 million pounds this season. State and federal officials have killed tens of thousands of broiler chickens and turkeys.

**The USDA says export sales of wheat and soybeans rose while corn sales declined during the week ending February 3. Wheat sales totaled 84,800 metric tons, up 48% from a week earlier, but still down 75% from the four-week average. Soybean sales rose 46% to 1...

Beijing will allow importers to apply for tariff exemptions for nearly 700 U.S. products including farm and energy goods, as China continues grappling with the coronavirus.

Cases of Bird flu has be found. Farmers saying they feels the ag economy has stayed the same from the month of August to September and Kenneth Juster was nominated for U.S. ambassador to India.

Getting South Korea ban lifted is the short-term goal for the U.S., U.S., Canadian and Mexico working on NAFTA.

**Retail prices for generic, white eggs are reaching the lowest levels we’ve seen in a long time because of overproduction. The volatile egg market stems from the Bird Flu outbreak in 2015 that killed nearly 50 million hens and turkeys in the Midwest...

**The latest numbers from USDA Rural Development show the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, which was originally created in the 2002 farm bill, has awarded nearly $3-billion in grants and loan guarantees since it was reauthorized and given substantial funding in the 2008 farm bill...

**China’s competition authority has approved ChemChina’s proposed acquisition of Syngenta, according to both parties in the deal. That follows the conditional approval of the U.S. and EU competition authorities last week and Mexico’s approval this week...