Senators seek appeal of country-of-origin labeling decision
Trade Representative Ron Kirk to appeal a World Trade Organization decision that was critical of the U.S. country-of-origin food labeling program. “I applaud the panel for acknowledging that we have...
View ArticleMF Global: Corzine denies knowledge of transfer
Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine today denied he had any knowledge of a transfer of customer money to a European affiliate, but faith in the self-regulatory system under which the futures industry...
View ArticleWorld Trade Organization accepts Russia as new member
David Salmonsen, director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation, told The Hagstrom Report here that he did not know what Shuvalov meant by his statement that the accession...
View ArticleLamy urges return to Doha round, announces end of his term
That statement left open the possibility of a special meeting of ministers to conclude the Doha Development Agenda, also known as the DDA or the Doha round, which was launched in 2001. ..."The DDA —...
View ArticleDelaney moves to American Soybean Association
The American Soybean Association has hired Patrick Delaney, a communications officer for the United Fresh Produce Association, as its new communications director. ...In addition to working with the...
View ArticleLamy assembling panel to study trade changes, relax tensions
GENEVA — World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy’s plan to assemble a panel of stakeholders to examine “the real drivers” of trade and obstacles to it won an endorsement from a key group...
View ArticleLabor announces new adverse effect wage rates
The minimum hourly wage rates that employers must pay H-2A workers on temporary visas will go up in some states, down in others, and stay the same in some cases, the Labor Department announced today....
View ArticleHappy Holidays from CFA: Watch calories in what you drink
Noting that the federal government has declined to give consumers “the gift of information on alcoholic beverages,” the Consumer Federation of America today pointed to its chart revealing the caloric...
View ArticleKirk welcomes Japan's review of beef ban
Trade Representative Ron Kirk today praised Japan's decision to review its ban on importation of certain cuts of beef, Reuters reported today. “I welcome this important step which puts us on a path to...
View ArticleBertini: Food aid to North Korea would help relationship
The United States should provide food aid to North Korea as part of an effort to build a new relationship with that country after the death of its longtime leader, a former U.N. ...“I think we have to...
View ArticleFarm Bureau to present 'systemic risk reduction' policy
Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Honolulu early next month will consider a policy very similar to the one presented to the agriculture committees this fall when they were...
View ArticlePeterson urges CFTC to use MF Global lessons in reform
As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission considered a rule on swaps today, House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., wrote the commissioners that the loss of customers’...
View ArticleFood safety group releases progress report
The Obama administration has released a report from the federal food safety working group. ▪ The Federal Food Safety Working Group Progress Report
View ArticleFrench Embassy website explains French food to U.S.
The French Embassy in Washington has launched a website to explain the importance of food and agriculture in France, in the world and in Franco-American relations. French Food in the U.S.
View ArticleStrong farm economy keeps ag issues off candidate radar
Ron Paul, R-Texas, has made an issue of the sale of raw milk — one of the most divisive topics in American agriculture — in the New Hampshire primary, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., has...
View ArticleEthanol coalition optimistic for 2012
Leaders of Growth Energy, the ethanol coalition, painted a positive portrait of the industry going into 2012 in a call to reporters today, even though the ethanol tax break and protective tariff will...
View ArticleRussia in WTO: Beef, chicken producers react differently
Asked by The Hagstrom Report for a reaction to last week’s announcement, a National Cattlemen’s Beef Association spokesman noted in an email that “quite simply, we are thrilled.” ...But Tom Super, vice...
View ArticleAbsent Doha agreement, African cotton growers wooed
The United States, China and the European Union appear to be vying for popularity with the West African cotton producing countries by offering new forms of assistance and attention in the absence of a...
View ArticleSenators fight rule restricting teen farm workers
Thirty senators led by Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kans., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., sent Labor Secretary Hilda Solis a letter this week urging her to withdraw a proposed rule that would restrict teenagers who...
View ArticleJudge blocks California's low-carbon fuel standard
Constitution, a ruling that appears at least initially to be good news for the nation’s corn ethanol industry and bad news for environmental critics who have argued that corn-based ethanol leads to...
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