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Last week, the Washington state Department of Agriculture and the USDA confirmed a fourth Asian giant hornet was recently found in the northwest corner of the state. The queen hornet was reportedly stepped on by a Bellingham resident June 6th, roughly 20 miles from where the first two hornets were discovered in December ...

According to the U.S. Meat Export Federation, September exports of U.S. beef were steady with last year’s volume, but the export value was trending lower.  Pork exports were above last year’s levels in September but had pulled back from the larger totals in June, July, and August.   Septemb...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will travel to Japan and South Korea next week to participate in the G-20 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting. The travel itinerary also includes meetings with his counterparts on global agriculture issues.   The Secretary will deliver a keynote address at the G-20 Innovation and Agriculture seminar this Saturday and speak at the Cotton Council International's annual

Export numbers compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation show U.S. beef exports in 2018 topped both volume and value records that were set in 2017.  While pork export volume came up just shy of the 2017 record and the value fell 1%.   Strong demand in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Asian region helped drive beef exports 7% higher in 2018, coming in at 1.35 millio...

"Based on what we've seen in the last few days here, we have a very bright future, going forward." That's Ken Isley, head of the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service.  He is also the head of a trade mission to South Korea, a mission with about 50 U-S business and commodity representatives, and others.  An...

South Korea is creating a task force to respond to U.S. trade protection measures.  South Korea's Foreign Ministry has ordered the South Korean embassy in Washington set up the special response team.   South Korea has requested to be excluded from proposed higher import tariffs on steel exports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, emphasizing the negative effects the measures would have o

For the past year, South Korea has been one of the top global markets for U.S. beef and pork exports. The South Korean director for the U.S. Meat Export Federation says the American beef industry has been very successful in restoring consumer confidence in U...

The United States has reclaimed the title of top beef exporter to South Korea in 2017. The change comes 14 years after a U.S. outbreak of mad cow disease that led to a ban of U.S. beef in South Korea, handing the top spot of the market to Australia, according to Reuters...

The U.S. and South Korea will hold formal trade talks starting Friday regarding KORUS.  Officials from Korea and the U.S. will meet in Washington, D.C. Friday to discuss "potential amendments and modifications" to the five-year-old deal.   ...

South Korea trade officials announced Monday the government will submit a plan to renegotiate KORUS to the nations National Assembly government body.  South Korea’s Trade Minister met with officials from 20 ministries and government regarding KORUS, and the plans to renegotiate the trade agreement.   A seni...