u.s. pork

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

China’s apple production is down sharply this season, but U.S. apple exporters couldn’t help fill the gap. Unseasonably cold spring weather caused a 25% drop.

Last week, the USDA confirmed China bought 31,400 metric tons of the 46,300 exports sold, the second-largest purchase of U.S. pork ever.

China is making its retaliation list and checking it twice, targeting ag products. The Humane Society of the U.S. is facing charity oversight groups pushback.

**Uzbekistan has reopened to U.S. pork for the first time in three years, lifting an import suspension imposed after porcine epidemic diarrhea virus was found in the United States. U.S. Meat Export Federation’s Yuri Barutkin says the suspension took effect in 2014, shortly after they launched the first pork marketing efforts in Uzbekistan...

The National Farmers Union commended the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for passing a spending bill that did not include a rider prohibiting funding for implementation of regulations ensuring fairness in marketing. NFU President Roger Johnson stated “It’s wonderful that after all of these years, key regulations overseen by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration will finall

USDA has reached agreements allowing U.S. beef and pork producers greater access to consumers in Mexico and Peru. The agreements will allow U.S. producers to export slaughter cattle to Mexico and expand access to consumer markets in Peru for U...