California Water Rates and USDA Specialty Crop Spending

The Agribusiness Update
California Water Resources Control Board has approved rate increases, including for groundwater recharge projects, and the USDA has awarded more than $25 million to support eight projects under the new Assisting Specialty Crop Imports Initiative.

Sunbelt Ag Expo and USDA Specialty Crop Spending

The Agribusiness Update
The largest Farm Show in America with field demonstrations, the Sunbelt Ag Expo kicks off its 46th Anniversary tomorrow, and the USDA has awarded more than $25 million to support eight projects under the new Assisting Specialty Crop Imports Initiative.

Mexico to Import Less US Corn and Colombia Lifts Ban on US Beef

The Agribusiness Update
Mexico will import LESS corn as its domestic production increases in the 2024-25 marketing year, and Colombia lifted a ban on American beef imports from the states where bird flu was detected in dairy cows.

Colombia LIfts Ban on US Beef Imports

Line on Agriculture
Colombia closed borders to US beef after US H5NI detections. While they are reopening their border to US beef, there is still work to be done, according to the US Meat Export Federation.

September's WASDE Report and Climate Groups on Meat-Dairy Funding

The Agribusiness Update
The USDA released its September World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, and over 100 climate groups are pressuring JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and other banks to stop financing global meat and dairy companies.

Concerns on USDA Allowing Paraguayan Beef Imports

Line on Agriculture
R-CALF United Stock Growers of America says that Paraguay is a country with known foot and mouth disease in cattle.

Trade Deficit Record Pt 2

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
USDA is projecting a record trade deficit next year at a time of sharply declining commodity prices.

Trade Deficit Record Pt 1

Washington State Farm Bureau Report
USDA is projecting a record trade deficit next year at a time of sharply declining commodity prices.

Canada's Rail Strike Ends and Vilsack at the DNC

The Agribusiness Update
Just 16 hours after Canada’s two primary railways locked

out Teamster Union employees, Federal Labor Minister Steve MacKinnon steps in with binding arbitration, and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack was at the Democratic National Convention and talked about a possible Kamala Harris presidency.

Canada's Rail Strike Ends and Vilsack at the DNC

The Agribusiness Update
Just 16 hours after Canada’s two primary railways locked

out Teamster Union employees, Federal Labor Minister Steve MacKinnon steps in with binding arbitration, and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack was at the Democratic National Convention and talked about a possible Kamala Harris presidency.

Reduced Production, Higher Prices Hard on Beef Exports

California Ag Today
U.S. beef exports fell by 4.5% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, continuing a downward trend from a 14.3% year-over-year decrease in 2023.

Reducing Heat Impacts and Ag Trade Deficit Higher

The Agribusiness Update
California farmers are working to reduce impacts of summer heat that’s increased their costs and jeopardized production, and the agricultural trade deficit, the value of exports versus imports, increased in the first eight months of the fiscal year.

Georgia Peanut Commission Photo Contest and Ag Trade Deficit Higher

The Agribusiness Update
The Georgia Peanut Commission is hosting a photo contest through October 1st featuring peanut farms from across the state, and the agricultural trade deficit, the value of exports versus imports, increased in the first eight months of the fiscal year.

Mexico President Elect's Science Background Gives Ag Hope

Southeast Regional Ag News
Mexico elected Claudia Sheinbaum their new president, and many ag leaders are hopeful that she and her administration will make decisions that benefit their ag trade relationship with the U.S.

Resolution of Disapproval Submitted Over Paraguay Beef Imports

Line on Agriculture
R-CALF USA says that the decison to allow fresh beef imports from Paraguay was driven by ulterior motives.

Positive Aspirations for Mexico's New President

California Ag Today
Mexico elected Claudia Sheinbaum as their new president, and many ag leaders are hopeful that she and her administration will make decisions that benefit their ag trade relationship with the U.S.

Lower U.S. Exports Trend Predicted

Line on Agriculture
USDA Economist, Seth Meyer on export and import trends.

Cattle Numbers Down in April and FFA Students Named U.S. Presidential Scholars

The Agribusiness Update
The latest Cattle on Feed report shows the U.S. herd dropped slightly in April, and seven FFA students have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars.

USDA Wildfire Funding and Vilsack on Organic Production

The Agribusiness Update
Deputy USDA Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced $250 million is available to help protect at-risk communities from catastrophic wildfires, and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new programs and funding to expand organic markets and the transition to organic production.

North American Beef Orgs Stand Together

California Ag Today
The NCBA, along with its Canadian and Mexican counterparts, have signed a joint statement pledging to work together.