Category Archives: Agriculture News
USDA Releases Fact Sheets on TPP Benefits for Ag
USDA released a series of fact sheets that the federal agency says illustrate how the Trans-Pacific Partnership can boost the U.S. agriculture industry. Created by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Se...
Oct 08, 2015
Vilsack, Obama, Promote TPP Trade Agreement
President Barack Obama met with Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to start promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership. In the meeting , Obama said the agreement will make U.S. agriculture more competitive as the ...
Oct 07, 2015
Majority of Ag Groups Applaud TPP Agreement
Following the announcement of an agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, many agriculture organizations approved of the trade deal, despite many details yet to be made public. The full text ...
Oct 06, 2015
TPP Trade Agreement Reached
The U.S. and 11 other countries have reached an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Trade officials were expected to officially announce the deal Monday in Atlanta, Georgia. The Wal...
Oct 05, 2015
Court Nixes Activists’ Attempt to Get Farm Data
In a victory for U.S. farmers and ranchers in their ongoing fight to protect private and sensitive personal and financial records, a U.S. District Court judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by animal-rig...
Oct 02, 2015
Tour Pork Packaging Facility Proposed in Turlock
Meatingplace reports Capital Cultivators LLC has submitted a proposal to the Turlock in Stanislaus County to the Planning Commission to build a pork packing facility in an industrial park. The facilit...
Oct 01, 2015
Propane Inventories at All-Time Highs
U.S. inventories of propane have reached the highest level in 22 years, spanning the reach of data collected by the Energy Information Administration. U.S. inventories of propane and propylene reached...
Sep 30, 2015
Trans Pacific Partnership Talks to Continue
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman's office will host trade ministers Wednesday and Thursday to further talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP chief negotiators will meet on Saturday to...
Sep 28, 2015
Senators Ask President to Get Biotech Pledge from China
In a letter to President Obama Thursday, 42 Senators have asked the president to make biotech approval process a priority in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping(Zhe JIN-PING), according to t...
Sep 25, 2015
Gov. Brown Calls for 40% Cut in Methane Emissions
(KMJ) Gov. Jerry Brown continues his crusade against climate change. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Thursday, while speaking at a United Nations meeting on “Short-lived climate pollutan...
Sep 24, 2015
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