AI at University of Califorina Field Day and Mexico Tomato Dumping
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**A drone with multiple uses; a self-driving strawberry harvester; smart valves to manage irrigation; software-powered irrigation or weeding systems; and machines that weed, thin and fertilize.
Those were the latest innovations that five ag technology companies recently demonstrated at a University of California field day.
UC Davis’s Gabe Youtsey says we’re trying to pair growers, startups and academics to trial and validate new and improved technologies.
**The Court of International Trade confirmed findings from the Department of Commerce that Mexican companies dumped tomatoes into the U.S. market at significant margins, with some as high as 273%.
Most other companies assigned a dumping margin of 17%.
Robert Guenther, executive vice president of the Florida
Tomato Exchange, says we look forward to the Department imposing antidumping duties under U.S. law at the Court-approved levels as soon as the suspension agreement terminates July 14.
**The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office announced final actions for Section 301 fees on Chinese-made vessels arriving at American ports, with significant changes from the initial proposal.
National Corn Growers Association President, Kenneth Hartman Jr. says our concern has been that any fees placed on Chinese vessels could be passed on to American farmers who rely on those ships to export corn.
Hartman believes this final action is more workable than the initial deal.
