USMCA

The Colorado River crisis is challenging farmers in California’s Imperial Valley, the irrigated desert region that produces the lion’s share of America’s winter vegetables.

The USDA released a proposed rule with new regulatory requirements to the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim.

Vilsack said if Mexico doesn’t agree to withdraw its import ban, the White House will push the USMCA on trade rules.

Fresh-market vegetable crops in California, Florida, and Mexico were hit with a variety of bad weather events this year that reduced supplies and contributed to higher shipping-point prices.

The National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council applauded the Biden administration last week for its initiation of a second U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement dispute panel.

When it comes to climate change, consumers view agriculture as a part of the solution rather than the problem.

In a four-day shopping spree, importers bought 3.876 million tons of U.S. corn for delivery to China this marketing year, according to the USDA.

In California almond orchards, reports are the crop appears to be progressing toward harvest beginning later this month.

Although Christmas is six months away, poinsettia growers are already deciding how many plants to prepare for the coming holidays, made challenging by the pandemic.

The USDA is offering contracts for its massive food box program to companies that were passed over in the first round of contracts for technical errors.