Producers impacted by wildfires and hurricanes in 2017 are eligible for monetary assistance to rebuild and recover on their farms through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA).
Canada’s Minister of Agriculture, Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture joined Perdue and took questions from the audience. They didn’t have many answers when asked when steel and aluminum tariffs may be lifted.
Dairy organizations and cooperatives in the U.S. approve of the latest developments in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Canadian farmers aren’t expressing the same sentiments.
Genomic editing technology such as CRISPR/Cas9 offers tremendous potential for accelerating genetic progress, but a new ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) appears likely to stifle research and development.
The threat of new tariffs placed on Mexico has dairy group leaders worried about the impacts to trade with one of the U.S. dairy industry’s largest partners.
Shutting down access to the U.S.-Mexico border could impact a relationship between the largest buyer of dairy exports which has two dairy cooperatives concerned.
Farmers and ranchers affected by wildfires are in desperate need of hay and other supplies. Blizzard conditions this past weekend in states north also created need for forage and government disaster assistance.
The possible loss of trade with Mexico and China could result in a $1.154/cwt loss to dairy farmers in the U.S. totaling $2.77 billion in annual losses.
