In its letter to President Obama, the U.S. Biotech Crop Alliance cited serious challenges to trade because of an unpredictable framework for approvals of new biotechnology products.President Obama is scheduled to attend the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China during November. There will be a number of military and foreign policy issues on the bilateral agenda between the U.S. and China and perhaps one ag issue: market access to China. A group of 13 agricultural organizations, calling itself the U.S. Biotech Crop Alliance, has sent a letter to President Obama urging him to make "market access for U.S. crops a top priority" among the "number of high level issues to address with the Chinese." The goal, according to th...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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