Good news or the U.S. cattle industry as the U.S. and U.K. announce the framework of a trade agreement that would allow some duty-free beef trade between the two countries.
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HPAI Vaccine Funding
USDA is investing significant resources to fight Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or bird flu, including $100 million to develop a vaccine.
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Trade Barriers
USDA Undersecretary for Trade nominee Luke Lindberg tells Senate Ag Leaders that the U.S. for too long has let other nations “rig” farm trade against American producers.
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Trade Wins
USDA Undersecretary for Trade nominee Luke Lindberg is predicting trade wins for farmers, rebuffing repeated attacks by Senate Ag Democrats on the president’s tariffs.
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Week of Action at NFU Pt 2
The National Farmers Union is hosting a Week of Action, this week, May 5-9.
The focus of this report is to keep local farmers, ranchers and agribusiness men and women up to date on agriculture industry issues which affect the Washington states rural economy. Bob Larson host of the program covers a broad array of topics; from farm human interest stories, to labor issues, state sponsored trade missions, crop outlook assessments, USDA risk management announcements and animal health stories are examples of the types of news topic categories covered each month.
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