Meat Export

Last Wednesday, the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract.

California water officials have allocated $86 million to help drought-impacted communities. October exports of U.S. beef volume increased from a year ago, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

2021 is shaping up to be a big year for California strawberries. The California Strawberry Commission’s December acreage survey showed a total of 36,487 acres for 2021.

As you’ve undoubtedly heard, President Trump signed the $2 trillion stimulus package, but did you know it includes nearly $50-billion in aid for agriculture?

Trade policy issues will be big at the World Meat Congress as a panel of experts exchange views on the likely future direction of the global trading system.

U.S. Beef returns to China after many years, hunger is rising for the first time in more than a decade.

**USDA requirements for exporting U.S. beef to China are out, opening a key market that’s been closed for more than 13 years. The U.S. Meat Export Federation’s Thad Lively says the requirements for China still go beyond those imposed by most international destinations, and will include testing for residues from synthetic hormones and beta agonists...

**U.S. Ambassador to Equador, Todd Chapman met with U.S. Meat Export Federation officials last week to discuss market conditions in Ecuador and ideas for expanding U.S. beef and pork exports to that market. Ecuador reopened to U.S. beef in 2014 following a BSE-related closure that lasted more than 10 years with prohibitive tariffs on many imported food products, including a 45 percent tariff on be