AFBF 2023 policy priorities include key topics ranging from expanding risk management programs to improving dairy pricing transparency and battling hunger.
A 2020 decree by Mexico’s President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador is set to phase out GM corn and glyphosate by 2024 — just 14 short months away. U.S. farmers have been urging the government to challenge the ban — saying that economic damage to both countries could be devastating.
The Trump Administration is addressing the threat posed by increased foreign imports to American producers of seasonal and perishable fruits and vegetables.
Study after study has shown the active ingredient glyphosate to be one of the least toxic herbicides on the market.
The Trump Administration’s renegotiation of NAFTA with Mexico is getting cheers from the agricultural industry as well as optimism for more trade deals to come. The American Soybean Association said the renewal of the North American Free Trade Agreement is looking more promising after President Trump announced that the U.S. and Mexico have reached an […]
The Trump Administration has kept its word on renegotiating NAFTA, securing a preliminary United States–Mexico Trade Agreement Monday that promises to be a mutually beneficial win for North American farmers, ranchers, workers, and businesses. The Administration says the preliminary agreement will benefit American workers, American manufacturing, and American agriculture, through provisions including: New “rules of […]
More than 60 companies and organizations representing American dairy farmers and cheese makers commended President Donald Trump this week for his efforts on equitable trade and for insisting that Canada halt its market-distorting dairy practices. At the same time, the companies urged the administration to reconsider its imposition of new tariffs on Mexico in light […]
The pork industry is taking a one, two punch following President Trump’s latest announcement to implement tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Mexico, Canada, and the European Union. On Tuesday Mexico levied punitive tariffs – 10 percent effective immediately, escalating to 20 percent – on unprocessed pork (not including variety meats) in retaliation. Mexico’s […]
Organizations along the North American wheat value chain sent a letter to President Trump, President Peña Nieto, Prime Minister Trudeau, as well as with lead negotiators from each country, Ambassador Lighthizer, Minister Freeland, and Minister Guajardo, stressing the importance of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the wheat industry. Ranging from seed to […]
Last week the USDA finalized a regulation that will allow all Mexican states to export pork to the United States, a move supported by the National Pork Producers Council. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is implementing a science-based risk assessment that determined Mexico is free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF), highly contagious […]