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The Food and Drug Administration recently concluded it has no further questions regarding the safety of drought-tolerant HB4 wheat, developed by Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp.  In response, U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers issued a joint statement this week.  The gro...

The Indo-Pacific region of the world holds potential promise for U.S. Ag exports. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley said while the Biden administration is developing an Indo-Pacific framework, he emphasizes that it is, "not a trade agreement; it's not a trade agreement ...

Australia and Britain signed a free trade agreement late last week that will eliminate almost all tariffs between the two countries. The Associated Press said the deal gets rid of 99% of all taxes on exports. That will save Australia approximately $10 billion on exports like lamb, beef, sugar, and dairy ...

When it comes to the global wheat picture, the USDA focuses Australia. "For the harvest that is currently underway, we increased our production forecast for Australia by 2.5 million metric tons. Up to 34 million tons.  That would be the second highest production on record." ...

The international community is taking a renewed, and refreshed interest in the TPP replacement. China is looking to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, CPTPP. Joel Haggard, senior vice president at the U ...

It was an effort launched last September at the United Nations Food Systems Summit. "The sustainable productivity growth in food security and resource conservation coalition; the SPG Coalition," Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh noted during a recent World Food Price virtual briefing ...

According to USDA, world wheat production continued at its record pace in September. The Department's latest global balance sheet shows wheat production up 3.4 million tons from August. World Outlook Board Chair, Mark Jekansowski, said several nations reported month-over-month production increases ...

Earlier this week, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced Dawn Shackleford as the Assistant United States Trade Representative for the Office of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Shackleford most recently served as Assistant United States Trade Representative for WTO and Multilateral Affairs ...

The World Trade Organization this week established a dispute panel requested by China. The panel will determine whether China complied with an earlier WTO ruling regarding the administration of its tariff rate quotas. China submitted its second request for a dispute panel to determine whether it has complied with a 2019 ruling concerning its TRQs for certain agricultural products, including wheat,

The rally in crop prices over the last 12 months, combined with increased shipping costs, is fueling inflation of food prices. According to Reuters, costs of shipping bulk grains from production regions in the U.S. to global users have roughly doubled from last year ...