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officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China recently visited Southern States Cooperative to learn about U.S. agricultural co-ops. A Chinese agronomist and Science Department Director met with Southern States Cooperative President […]

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week announced new health claims for high oleic oils. FDA announced the claims in response to a detailed petition from a biotech company. FDA says manufacturers of […]

Mexico expects the U.S. to stop steel and aluminum tariffs this month, before the U.S. Mexico And Canada sign a new trilateral trade agreement. Mexico expects Trump will agree to lift the tariffs in exchange […]

New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand says Trump should reject any farm bill that does not include refund for dairy farmers who participated in Margin Protection Program. The conference committee is reportedly nearing completion of the […]

Delegates from the U.S. agriculture industry were in Cuba earlier this month for the Cuba-U.S. Agriculture Business Conference. The 20 conference participants met with Cuban government officials and farmers. While about 30 percent of Cuba’s […]

Midwest farmland values were mixed in the third quarter, according to the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. An agriculture survey from the Chicago Fed, as part of a slew of third quarter Fed reports, show farmland […]

The Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration agreed to a joint regulation of cell-cultured foods. The announcement last week follows a public meeting from last month featuring discussion on how best to regulate […]

China’s former trade chief says the nation’s tactics in the trade war with the U.S. are not well thought out. In criticizing the handling of the trade war, Long Yongtu said it was inappropriate to […]

The Department of Agriculture has canceled trade mitigation program payments to Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods following industry complaints. Politico reports USDA canceled a $250,000 contract with Smithfield following public complaints that a Chinese-owned company would receive […]

The CHS Foundation announced a $1.5 million grant to support the SDSU precision agriculture program. The funding will support the construction of the new Raven Precision Agriculture Center. A university spokesperson called the gift from […]