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Red meat exports set volume and value records in the month of May.  Dan Halstrom, President and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation said beef continues to put-up eye-popping numbers. “We exceeded $1 billion in value again, in the month of May to an all-time record high. Also reco...

The USDA recently wrapped up its Ag trade mission to the Philippines.  How did FSA Administrator Daniel Whitley described the trip? "We had a very busy schedule; very busy schedule.  Let me tell you that a third time; a very busy schedule." Whit...

U.S. exporters are invited to submit applications to the USDA for an agricultural trade mission to the Philippines, July 18-21. The mission to Manila will allow U.S. growers, producers, and exporters explore a thriving market that’s expected to emerge from COVID-19 with one of the strongest growth forecasts in Asia. T ...

Importers of wheat and other grains around the world are busy trying to figure out what the conflict in Ukraine will do to global supplies for wheat and other grains and how to cover their needs for this next season. Jason Grant, Virginia Tech University Trade Analyst, said, fortunately, thanks to the productivity of U ...

One down…four to go in 2022, following the first in person Agricultural Trade Mission in two years, earlier this year, in Dubai. “We’ll sponsor four additional Trade Mission in 2022," Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack said last week during the Commodity Classic in New Orleans. “We’ll travel ...

U.S. Agriculture posted its highest annual export levels ever recorded in 2021. The final 2021 trade data published by the Department of Commerce Tuesday shows that exports of U.S. farm and food products totaled $177 billion. The total beat the 2020 figure by 18% and eclipsed the previous record set in 2014, by 14 ...

African Swine Fever is a growing threat, as the disease spreads to countries close to the U.S., but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says there’s still no ready vaccine, so preventing entry here is the best option. The highly contagious, deadly, and economically devastating disease is on the move, now in countries all over the world and as close as the Caribbean. Sec ...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. beef exports set another value record in July. Data recently released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation shows export value climbed 45% year-over-year to just over $939 million, while volume was the third largest of the post-BSE era at 122,743 metric tons, up 14% year-over-year ...