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U.S. potato exports found an upswing during the 2019-20 first quarter. This continues the growth seen at the end of the last marketing year, despite of trade issues in Asia.

U.S. fresh market apple inventories on November 1st are 15% above year-ago levels. That’s according to the first storage report of the year from the U.S. Apple Association.

Pear Bureau Northwest elected new officers during their annual meeting last month in Portland. In the position of Pear Bureau Chair will be Mike Taylor of Wenatchee.

Through the farm bill, USDA is able to offer dairy producers a revised version of the Margin Protection Program, called Dairy Margin Coverage.

Bayer Crop Science is expecting the EPA to announce a renewal and an updated label for the herbicide dicamba in the coming weeks before the next growing season.

A few programs have lost their authorization and funding due to the farm bill expiration. 39 programs effected including bioenergy and agricultural research programs.

Dicamba complaints are down. A story from agriculture.com says one thing farmers have started to appreciate is dicamba is not as forgiving as other herbicides.

Here is a first, African Swine Fever in China was found and located in the northeast part of the country about 130 miles north of the Korean border.

China putting an additional import duty of a 25 percent increase, to the existing 12 percent, on U.S. pork. Improvements made to the Margin Protection Program.

Consumer Confidence Index hit its highest level since the 1990's. Tariffs on steel and aluminum won't be reduce unless NAFTA is revamped that’s fair to the U.S.