‘Containergeddon’ at Ports Cost California Farmers $2.1 Billion

Voluntary organization champions United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, but wants NAFTA left intact for now.

Part of legislation broadens window of trade-mitigation relief for farmers earning more than $900,000 on average.

USDA set to dole out another round of trade mitigation payments through its Market Facilitation Program.

Growers are stinging from low prices and uncertain markets.

American producers concerned about lasting impacts on crops lobbied this season and beyond.

New study looked at 10 fruit and nut crops, and found that nut growers in particular stand to be penalized heavily, especially almond growers.

As expected, China retaliated with an increase in tariffs levied at U.S. exports.

As U.S. tariffs on imported steel set to kick in, China imposes more countermeasures with fruit and nuts in the crosshairs.

New 20% retaliatory tariff is a real blow to Washington’s 1,300-plus growers, who farm almost all the apples the U.S. exports to Mexico.

Mexico, EU, and Canada hit back with threats of additional taxes on U.S. produce and agricultural products, including apples, grapes, blueberries, and more.

USDA seeks help in ending directives on wine imported into the Great White North.

State Ag Secretary to join growers Thursday to tell of how tariffs hurt California exports.

In a competitive and volatile organic market, Wholesum Harvest is raising the bar by adding a fair-trade certification. It just may change how growers sell themselves to retailers.

Almond Alliance of California President Kelly Covello: Without Market Access Program money, the world-dominant industry “might not have entered China, which is now our third largest export market.”

Industry leaders extremely disappointed by Argentine lemon rule.

Trade enforcement action challenges British Columbia regulations that unfairly exclude U.S. wine from grocery store shelves.

In what one prominent economist says is a blow to U.S. fruit exporters, the White House concedes the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not going to be ratified.

Mexican government requires duty payments following antidumping investigation stemming from a petition filed in 2014.

Passage of spending bill resolves trade dispute with Canada and Mexico.