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Exporting farm commodities has challenging for the past couple of years, but those struggles have intensified over the past 12 months. For the tree fruit industry, logistics has been one of the biggest challenges according to Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission ...

The first shipments of U.S. fresh potatoes made their way through the Mexican border and to Mexican consumers this month, wrapping up one of the longest trade disputes in USDA history. For over 25 years, regulatory and legal obstructions have kept U ...

Mexico has eliminated import duties on all pork, beef and poultry muscle cuts through the end of this year. The main impact on the red meat market is likely to be an uptick in pork muscle cuts imported from Europe. U.S. Meat Export Federation Vice President of Economic Analysis Erin Borror says on when it comes to beef exports, she call’s Mexico’s announcement “irrelevant”. “U.S., Canadian and .

Nearly a dozen Oregon firefighters are on their way to Texas for the coming weeks, to help local crews battle wildfires across the Lone Star state. Oregon’s Department of Forestry said 21 others just returned from Texas, and 17 more remain in New Mexico on a similar mission. ODF’ ...

Last week, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that an agreement had been reached to allow U.S. potatoes into the Mexican market no later than May 15th. National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles said while the news is good, no one is holding their breathe right now ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with his counterpart in Mexico Tuesday and announced the opening of Mexico to U.S. potato exports by May 15th. A Department of Agriculture statement said they met to continue cooperation on shared priorities, including open trade, science-based policy-making, and sustainable and climate-smart agricultural production ...

The U.S. dairy industry is expressing its pleasure with legislation currently moving through Congress that looks to address supply chain disruptions. Supporters of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act say the bill would ensure that carriers are not refusing to load products that were already contracted to travel to Asia ...

Smithfield Foods announced this week cash and in-kind donations totaling $2 million to crisis relief efforts aiding the citizens of Ukraine and those seeking refuge in surrounding areas. Smithfield will expand ongoing refugee relocation and aid assistance underway through its operations in Central Europe with $250,000 donations to each the Global Red Cross Network, Mercy Chefs, Save the Children

Last week several Northwest lawmakers called on the USDA to press its counterparts in Mexico for that country to honor and expedite the U.S.-Mexico trade deal. That deal restores U.S. fresh potato exports to all of Mexico, rather that just locations near the border with the United States ...

The vaccine mandate for H-2A foreign guest workers went into effect January 22nd but will it make getting workers more difficult this year? Dan Fazio, director of the Washington Farm Labor Association, says the system they put into place last year should keep everything running smoothly ...