U.S. Senate Archives

U.S. congressmen seek revival of mandatory COOL on beef

Bipartisan bill calls for WTO-compliant take on label law

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 2, 2022

A bill that would order U.S. officials to come up with a way to bring back mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on beef has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Lance Gooden, a Republican from Texas, and Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, on Wednesday introduced H.R. 7291, proposing to restore the […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

U.S. senators seek probe of JBS

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 8, 2019

Brasilia | Reuters — Two U.S. senators called on the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday to open an investigation into the world’s largest meat processing company, Brazil’s JBS S.A. , due to alleged ties with the Venezuelan government of leftist President Nicolas Maduro. President Donald Trump’s government has imposed sanctions on dozens of top Venezuelan officials […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of ag chemical, seed merger wave

By GFM Network News September 20, 2016

Washington | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers expressed concern on Tuesday over a wave of mergers among companies that sell farmers their seeds, herbicides and insecticides, worrying that the deals could lead to higher prices and less innovation at a time of dropping farm incomes. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, said the proposed mergers […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 23, 2016

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing in late September to discuss the mergers of Dow Chemical and Dupont as well as ChemChina’s purchase of Syngenta, committee chair Charles Grassley said in a statement Tuesday. Grassley, a Republican from the farm state of Iowa, has already expressed concern that […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shown here Nov. 16 in Turkey, said Canada would “rather not” launch trade retaliation against the U.S., but will do so to “stand up for our farmers.” (Adam Scotti photo courtesy PMO)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau says prefers to avoid COOL retaliation on U.S.

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 10, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters –– Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he would prefer not to apply sanctions against the U.S. over a meat labeling dispute, but at the same time warned that he would stand up for Canada’s farmers. Earlier this week, the World Trade Organization authorized an annual retaliation level of $1.055 billion for […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. Senate pushes Obama’s Pacific Rim trade pact forward

By GFM Network News June 23, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for “fast-track” trade negotiating authority to help him strike a Pacific Rim deal cleared a key hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, paving the way for a final vote on the legislation Wednesday. On Wednesday, the Senate was likely to vote to grant Obama the […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives U.S. Senate

U.S. congressmen seek revival of mandatory COOL on beef

U.S. senators seek probe of JBS

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of ag chemical, seed merger wave

U.S. Senate judiciary committee to hold hearing on ag chem deals

Trudeau says prefers to avoid COOL retaliation on U.S.

U.S. Senate pushes Obama’s Pacific Rim trade pact forward

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