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Fertilizer Prices Jump and Renewable Fuel Standard Criticized
The Agribusiness Update
Dramatic rise in fertilizer prices hits farmers hard, and EPA hears criticism on proposed extension of Renewable Fuel Standard compliance deadline.
Export Markets and Tree Fruit Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
Northwest Horticultural Council president Mark Powers says our tree fruit industry is facing many challenges in this coronavirus climate, but isn't backing down.
Export Markets and Tree Fruit Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
Northwest Horticultural Council president Mark Powers says our tree fruit industry is facing many challenges in this coronavirus climate, but isn't backing down.
Double Standard on Washington Rail Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
State Policy Makers using different standards for rail usage at Millennium Bulk Terminal.
Double Standard on Washington Rail Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Farm Bureau CEO says state is again using a double standard when it comes to use of rail.
Proactively Addressing Port Labor Contract Extensions Could Bolster U.S. Meat Exports
Land & Livestock Report
Throughout the Port Labor crisis last year, U.S. meat exports like many other ag products were slowed by the severe congestion at the West Coast's Ports.
Salmon Recovery & Implementing PTC
Northwest Report
Very few salmon returned from the Pacific to Idaho but that's not endangering the species...and Congress is acting to help save rail.
Need to Regain Beef Market in China
Land & Livestock Report
China, which is the world's fastest-growing beef import market, has been closed to U.S. beef since the 2003 BSE case.
Port Labor Negotiations Continue
Farm of the Future
This week it is reported that the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union will be holding a coast-wide caucus where the union's leaders are expected to decide whether to bring the contract terms negotiated to date to a vote of its full membership.
BSE - 10 Years Later
Land & Livestock Report
Earlier this week marked the 10th anniversary of BSE discovered the U.S., an event that closed nearly all international markets for U.S. beef. The U.S. Meat Export Federation estimates the cumulative, 10-year loss in U.S. beef trade due to BSE to be at least $16 billion.
Importance of Key Trade Markets for U.S. Beef
U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Philip Seng shares that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks have been ongoing for some time, but took on a heightened level of importance for the U.S. meat industry when Japan officially joined the negotiations on July 25.
Pay By Weight
Food Forethought
Is charging passengers based on the total weight of their luggage and their bodies something bigger airlines should consider?
Frustration with Russia's Ban of U.S. Meat Imports
Land & Livestock Report
A Russia consumer watchdog says an almost full ban on imports of U.S. beef and pork products over the feed additive ractopamine may be lengthy.
2012 U.S. Beef Exports Reviewed and Look Ahead to 2013
Land & Livestock Report
The U.S. Meat Export Federation recently released its summary of January through November 2012 export results.