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The New World Screwworm has the American livestock industry, and the USDA on alert.   “The NWS is a scourge that is making its way from Latin America up through Mexico, and if it hits America, it is going to be absolutely devastating to our cattle industry at the top of the list," said Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins.  "And fra...

The United States is clamping down on the import of livestock from Mexico, to stop the New World screwworm from moving across the border.  The New World screwworm is on the radar of U.S. agricultural officials as well as livestock producers across the country.  Be...

The Panama Canal is lifting restrictions that caused a global shipping bottleneck as water levels get back to near normal after a severe drought.   Farm Policy News says the Panama Canal Authority increased the draft in the waterway to a maximum of 50 feet and will allow 36 vessels a day to cross after recent rains lifted water levels at an artificial lake that forms part of the canal system. The.

Last week, a delegation of nearly 30 U.S. Ag businesses, farm groups, and others were in Panama to explore export opportunities to the region.  USDA Under Secretary for trade Alexis Taylor led the mission, which wasn’t directed exclusively at Panama, but six other countries from the region as well.  As the trip w...

The USDA’s first trade mission of the year gets underway this weekend, and it will have a uniquely Northwest feel.  Members of the delegation will be in Panama Sunday the 19th though Thursday the 23rd.   “Trade missions are just one of the effective tools we have in our market development toolbox," said Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis Taylor.  Taylor, the for

USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and former Oregon Department of Agriculture head Alexis Taylor will lead a delegation of 26 agribusinesses and farm organizations to Panama City, Panama, March 19-23.  The mission highlights opportunities in Panama and throughout the Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement region.  Exports...

The USDA just wrapped up the 2022 trade mission season with a stop in Spain and Portugal earlier this month.  And while nothing official has been announced regarding the 2023 trade mission stops, Foreign Agriculture Service Associate Administrator Clay Hamilton recently gave us a bit of a preview of counties that could be on the list.   “...

A new study out of Oregon State University shows leaves in forest canopies may not be as resistant to climate change as once thought.  OSU Professor Christopher Still used thermal cameras mounted in forests around the country and in Panama.  His res...

Colombia and Panama are among the fastest-growing markets in the western hemisphere for U.S. farm and food products.  And because of that, USDA’s Ted McKinney will lead a group of American exporters seeking to tap into that market potential.   T...

USDA Deputy Undersecretary for Trade Ted McKinney just completed a week-long trip to Colombia and Panama to survey how U.S. ag exports have succeeded in the two countries.   He said free trade agreements five years ago have brought U.S. e...