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India to lift tariffs on U.S. almonds, walnuts and apples

India is lifting retaliatory tariffs on U.S. almonds, walnuts and apples after the two nations agreed to terminate six outstanding disputes at the World Trade Organization. The tariffs were in resp... more »

USDA seeks applications for Chile agribusiness trade mission

The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service is accepting applications from U.S. exporters for a trade mission to Santiago, Chile. Trade mission Networking During the week of Sep. 25-29, U.S. agribusi... more »

American Society of Agronomy hosts annual Sustainable Agronomy Conference

The American Society of Agronomy will host the 6th Annual Sustainable Agronomy Conference in a virtual-event series. Thanks to its generous sponsors, this series is free to all attendees! The confe... more »

A map of the rusty patched bumble bee’s genome offers new approach to saving this pollinator

A detailed, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bee's genome has been released by USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) scientists, offering... more »

Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance endorses disaster relief, mechanization bills

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA), a national coalition of more than 200 specialty crop organizations representing growers of tree nuts, fruits, vegetables, dried fruit, nursery plants and... more »

Blue Diamond Almonds provides market update

Blue Diamond provided its Blue Diamond Almonds Market Report – June 13, 2023, which indicated that the 196 million pounds of May shipments were in "the upper range of industry expectations." Almond... more »

California ag summit tackles water, farm bill

The outlook for California’s agricultural economy shows some signs of improvement after several years of supply-chain constraints, high input costs and a multiyear drought that forced farmers to fal... more »

USDA reschedules California Almond O.M. report

The National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Pacific Regional Office has rescheduled the 2023 California Almond Objective Measurement report. The new release date is Wednesday, July 12 at 9:00 ... more »

Michigan chestnut crop report for the week of June 1, 2023

Michigan State University issued its chestnut crop report for the week of June 1, 2023. Erin Lizotte and Rob Sirrine from Michigan State University Extension provided the update. Weather The report ... more »

Blue Diamond and Brightseed partner to discover benefits of bioactives in almonds

Blue Diamond, an almond marketer and processor, and Brightseed, a bioactives company, have partnered to discover the  health potential of nonpareil California almonds. The partnership will inform ... more »