Tag: US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• Wednesday, October 14th 2026 - 00:10 UTC

  New US Hemp Rules Take Effect December 11, Shifting Demand for South American Exporters

  

  When new US hemp rules take full effect on December 11, the products with the clearest path forward will be non-intoxicating goods made with THC-free ingredients.

• Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 16:23 UTC

  Price of eggs forces Trump to rehire fired bird flu experts; in NYC a dozen sells for over US$ 12

  

  US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend, US media report.

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 19:51 UTC

  US approves consumption and sale of “cell-cultivated chicken”

  

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture is revolutionizing the meat industry, it has approved the sale of cell-cultured chicken in a landmark decision that clears the path for consumers to try it out themselves, the two startups that received the first approvals announced.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Record sales of US beef to East Asia markets in volume and value

  

  United States beef exports to East Asia in 2022 broke the record reached last year, both in volume and value, according to a report by the US’s Department of Agriculture (USDA).

• Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 08:14 UTC

  US top leader in revenue from beef exports; Brazil leads in volume

  

  United States keeps breaking records and slowly taking the global beef exports leadership, at least in terms of revenue according to the latest figures from the US Department of Agriculture, USDA. A situation which is having its impact on Brazil, a longtime top of the list in beef exports.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 07:04 UTC

  African swine fever in the Dominican Republic; Army called in to eliminate thousands of pigs

  

  Alert in the Americas after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic. ASF has forced China to cull millions of pigs since there is no vaccine to prevent the disease which is also highly contagious.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 05:52 UTC

  Trump announces US$ 16billion to help farmers caught in the US/China trade dispute

  

  US President Donald Trump unveiled a new US$16 billion aid package to help farmers caught in the crossfire of his trade war with China. “The farmers have been attacked by China,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We're going to help out our farmers and we're giving them that level playing field that is so important.”

• Friday, July 20th 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentina betting on a 2018/19 record wheat crop to spur the economy

  

  A record wheat harvest expected in Argentina this year could arrive just in time to jumpstart the ailing country's economy in the fourth quarter, after growth has been hit by low investment, high inflation and a soy crop devastated by drought.

• Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

  Soybeans and corn record crops challenge Brazil's storage capacity

  

  Brazilian farmers are discovering a serious obstacle to becoming one of the world’s top producers of soybeans: they’re running out of room to store all the unsold supply. The biggest harvest in the country’s history is poised to leave domestic inventories at a record, data from the processors’ group Abiove show.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 - 06:19 UTC

  US and Brazil agree to open each others' beef market

  

  The United States and Brazil have agreed to allow access to each other's beef markets after more than a decade of negotiations. Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply has agreed to imports of U.S. beef for the first time in 13 years, USDA announced today. And the U.S. will accept Brazilian beef for the first time since 1999.