No Grinch Here

Dec 24 2020 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has again done its part in making possible a seamless fulfillment of the obligations concomitant with the "Nice" list. It should be noted that the U.S. Customs Service and Department of Homeland Defense have also fully... more ›

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Ag Exports Face Additional Headwinds - Container A&vailability

Nov 1 2020 It's no secret during the supply chain disruptions caused by the world's reaction to COVID-19/Wuhan that container availability and repositioning has created some immense challenges for logistics management of all cargoes. Ag products have not been exempt... more ›

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Migration and High Pathology Avian Influenza

Oct 31 2020 It's that season again, when migrating birds can act as vectors for the dreaded HPAI. The World Organization for Animal Health, better known by its French acronym OIE, advises that Russia has reported an outbreak in an agricultural region about 100 miles... more ›

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Good News for American Pork Producers

Oct 30 2020 After taking a huge hit to its breeding and production stock as a result of the lightening spread of African Swine Fever over the last 20 months, Vietnam has had to look to other sources for pork, by far the majority of the red meat diet of the country. A new... more ›

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Support Available for Agricultural Commodities Exports

Oct 5 2020 The USDA Foriegn Agricultural Service (FAS) advises that the UDSA announced that almost a half billion dollars of credit guarantees are available under the Facility Gurantee Program. As global markets increase in importance to US agricutural output, awareness... more ›

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ASF - Still a Scourge on the World Scene

Oct 1 2020 African Swine Fever continues to hurt swine production hard. In addition to the ongoing pandemic in China, feral animals have been vectors for the disease getting a toehold in Germany, a very bad development. The situation, and the threats, opportunities... more ›

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Understanding China's Role in World Food Trade

Sep 30 2020 With popular media's misdescription and negative representations of theTrump Administration challenging China's growing legacy of investing huge resources into intellectual property theft, unfair trade practices, and economic and diplomatic hegemony, many in... more ›

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A Great Reminder

Sep 21 2020 From the hinterland of western Pennsylvania comes a reflective and encouraging article, serving as a reminder of keeping a proper perspective.https://www.farmprogress.com/c... Just earlier this morning, I was reading an piece published by the U.S. Census... more ›

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Happy Birthday!!!

Sep 3 2020 Our two very favorite insured animals - Twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun at Zoo Atlanta - celebrate their 4th birthday today! IDEAL Agriculture & Marine Insurance has insured the twins' parents for almost a decade now, and have enjoyed watching the twin girls... more ›

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Dairy Upbeat - Milk Prices to Stabilize

Aug 24 2020 What started as a year of trepidation is actually now playing out in a manner much more positive than anticipated. At the beginning of the year, after seeing a disheartening number of dairy farms fold in 2019, there was some optimism that prices could firm... more ›

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