u.s. pork

A newly released Bureau of Labor Statistics annual report for 2019 shows U.S. meat and poultry packers and processors continued their track record of reducing worker injuries.

While the U.S. continues to pursue trade agreements with Kenya and the UK, negotiations have run into a pandemic delay.

Farm Equipment and Ag Equipment Intelligence launched the first brand loyalty study of farm machinery in late 2010, followed by subsequent studies in 2014 and 2017.

W.H. economic adviser Larry Kudlow says China's president Xi has reassured President Trump that Beijing will meet purchase goals outlined in the Phase-One agreement.

**The USDA says the time has come to respond to both the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties and the 2019 Organic Survey. The USDA is asking those who receive questionnaires to respond quickly AND “online if possible.” USDA National Ag Statistics Administrator Hubert Hamer tells thepacker...

There is no information to report following a recent E. coli outbreak that was, in the FDA’s words, “likely associated with romaine lettuce.”

China has been reportedly purchasing U.S. pork AND that it’s excluding the U.S. from retaliatory tariffs. The National Pork Production Council now seeking permanent removal of those tariffs.

The U.S. and China have agreed to hold high-level trade talks in early October in Washington, D.C.. The talks come shortly after China imposed additional tariffs

The USDA has expanded quarantined areas for citrus greening in California, Texas and Louisiana after the disease was detected in multiple locations.

Despite significant import restrictions, Australia is currently one of the fastest-growing markets for U.S. pork.